cornet

Meanings

Plural: cornets

Noun

• a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
• 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 as a container.
• A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence (UK, dated) an ice cream cone.
• A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
• A kind of organ stop.
• A hollow horn-like growth.
• The white headdress worn by the Sisters of Charity.
• The standard flown by a cavalry troop.
• The fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours (equivalent to the ensign in infantry).

Synonyms

cornet-à-piston, cornet-à-pistons, horn, trump, trumpet