Cornet (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. 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. 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.
noun
  1. 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
  2. a person who plays the cornet
  3. a variant spelling of cornett
  4. a cone-shaped paper container for sweets, etc
  5. a cone-shaped wafer container for ice cream
  6. (formerly) the lowest rank of commissioned cavalry officer in the British army
  7. Southern African short for field cornet
  8. a starched and wired muslin or lace cap worn by women from the 12th to the 15th centuries
  9. the large white headdress of some nuns
Cornet (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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