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Noun
/ˈkôrnət/,
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cornets, plural;
  1. A brass instrument resembling a trumpet but shorter and wider, played chiefly in bands

  2. A compound organ stop with a powerful treble sound

  3. A cone-shaped wafer, esp. one filled with ice cream

  1. a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
  2. (cornetist) trumpeter: a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet
  3. The cornet is a brass instrument very similar to the trumpet, distinguished by its conical bore, compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B. It is not related to the renaissance and early baroque cornett or cornetto.
  4. Cornet was originally the third and lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, after captain and lieutenant. A cornet is a new and junior officer.
  5. A Cornet is an organ stop most commonly of principal or flute tone quality that contains multiple ranks of pipes.
  6. A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat; A piece of paper twisted to be used in a container; A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence (UK) an ice cream cone
  7. A cornet seen or heard in a dream, denotes kindly attentions from strangers.
  8. (1) 18th-century term for a cavalry regiment's standard or guidon; (2) rank title formerly applied to the junior officer of cavalry entrusted to bear the regimental standard (see also regimental color). ...
  9. A brass instrument similar to the trumpet but shorter and fatter, employing a conical rather than cylindrical bore
  10. long piece of black material which hung down the back from a headdress/hood.
  11. Heb. shophar , "brightness," with reference to the clearness of its sound (Ch1 15:28; Ch2 15:14; Psa 98:6; Hos 5:8). It is usually rendered in the Authorized Version "trumpet." It denotes the long and straight horn, about eighteen inches long. ...
  12. Officer who carried a cavalry standard, equivalent to an ensign in the infantry.
  13. What you get when you take the average of a trumpet and a flugelhorn.
  14. The term is restricted to the Department of Western Asiatic Antiquities and does not refer to a musical instrument.
  15. An old woodwind instrument like a flageolet. The modern cornet looks similar to a trumpet, but has a more mellow sound.
  16. cavalry equivalent of ensign replaced in 1871 by Second Lieutenant, but still used to refer to Second Lieutenants in some cavalry regiments, including the Blues and Royals and The Queen's Royal Hussars.
  17. Brit. hist the fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colors.
  18. A metal bead flattened out and made into a roll for treatment with acid. In assaying, a bead is the globule of precious metal obtained by the cupellation process.
  19. [noun, pronounced cor-nay] a compound stop of a standard composition usually used as a solo stop. Almost always sounding 8', 4', 2-2/3', 2', and 1-3/5' pitches, the voicing of the individual ranks can vary greatly from era to era and by national school. ...
  20. n. 1. (Ice cream) Cone.
  21. concha (pl. conchae)