Anagram Solver

Definitions for Cornet

[1] Music . a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
[2] a small cone of paper twisted at the end and used for holding candy, nuts, etc.
[3] a pastry cone, usually filled with whipped cream.
[4] British . a conical wafer, as for ice cream; cone.
[5] a large, white, winged headdress formerly worn by the members of the Sisters of Charity.
[6] a woman's headdress, often cone-shaped, usually of delicate fabrics and having lappets of lace or other material, worn by women from the 14th to the 18th century.
[7] a pennant or flag used for signaling in a navy.
[8] (formerly) the officer who carried the colors in a troop of cavalry: the cornet of horse.
[9] Also called: cornet à pistons (ˈkɔːnɪt ə ˈpɪstənz , French kɔrnɛ a pistɔ̃ ) a three-valved brass instrument of the trumpet family. Written range: about two and a half octaves upwards from E below middle C. It is a transposing instrument in B flat or A
[10] a person who plays the cornet
[11] a variant spelling of cornett
[12] a cone-shaped paper container for sweets, etc
[13] British a cone-shaped wafer container for ice cream
[14] (formerly) the lowest rank of commissioned cavalry officer in the British army
[15] Southern African short for field cornet
[16] a starched and wired muslin or lace cap worn by women from the 12th to the 15th centuries
[17] the large white headdress of some nuns

Words related to Cornet

trumpet, horn

Words nearby Cornet

cornerback, cornered, cornerman, cornerstone, cornerwise, cornet, cornet-à-pistons, cornetcy, cornetfish, cornetist, cornett

Origin of Cornet

1325–75; Middle English < Middle French, Old French, equivalent to corn horn (< Latin cornū; see cornu) + -et -et

Word origin for Cornet

C14: from Old French, from corn, from Latin cornū horn

Synonyms for Cornet

horn, trumpet