Found 3 hits - Term: french horn, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
french \french\ fre^nch, prop. a. as. frencisc, ll.
franciscus, from l. francus a frank: cf. of. franceis,
franchois, fran,cois, f. fran,cais. see frank, a., and
cf. frankish.
of or pertaining to france or its inhabitants.
1913 webster
french bean bot., the common kidney bean phaseolus
vulgaris.
french berry bot., the berry of a species of buckthorn
rhamnus catharticus, which affords a saffron, green or
purple pigment.
french casement arch. see french window, under
window.
french chalk min., a variety of granular talc; -- used
for drawing lines on cloth, etc. see under chalk.
french cowslip bot. the primula auricula. see
bear's-ear.
french fake naut., a mode of coiling a rope by running it
backward and forward in parallel bends, so that it may run
freely.
french honeysuckle bot. a plant of the genus hedysarum
h. coronarium; -- called also garland honeysuckle.
french horn, a metallic wind instrument, consisting of a
long tube twisted into circular folds and gradually
expanding from the mouthpiece to the end at which the
sound issues; -- called in france cor de chasse.
french leave, an informal, hasty, or secret departure;
esp., the leaving a place without paying one's debts.
french pie french here used in sense of "foreign" + pie
a magpie in allusion to its black and white color
zool., the european great spotted woodpecker dryobstes
major; -- called also wood pie.
french polish.
a a preparation for the surface of woodwork, consisting of
gums dissolved in alcohol, either shellac alone, or
shellac with other gums added.
b the glossy surface produced by the application of the
above.
french purple, a dyestuff obtained from lichens and used
for coloring woolen and silken fabrics, without the aid of
mordants. --ure.
french red rouge.
french rice, amelcorn.
french roof arch., a modified form of mansard roof having
a nearly flat deck for the upper slope.
french tub, a dyer's mixture of protochloride of tin and
logwood; -- called also plum tub. --ure.
french window. see under window.
1913 webster
see also:
frank frankish french bean phaseolus vulgaris french berry rhamnus catharticus
french casement french window window french chalk chalk
french cowslip primula auricula bear's-ear french fake french honeysuckle
hedysarum h. coronarium garland honeysuckle french horn cor de chasse
french leave french pie dryobstes major wood pie french polish
french purple french red french rice french roof french tub
plum tub
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
french horn
n : a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that
is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves
syn: horn
see also:
horn
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
45 moby thesaurus words for "french horn":
alpenhorn, alphorn, althorn, alto horn, ballad horn, baritone,
bass horn, brass choir, brass wind, brass-wind instrument, brasses,
bugle, bugle horn, clarion, cornet, cornet-a-pistons,
corno di caccia, cornopean, double-bell euphonium, euphonium,
helicon, horn, hunting horn, key trumpet, lituus, lur, mellophone,
ophicleide, orchestral horn, pocket trumpet, post horn, sackbut,
saxhorn, saxtuba, serpent, slide trombone, sliphorn, sousaphone,
tenor tuba, tromba, trombone, trumpet, tuba, valve trombone,
valve trumpet
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French Door, definition of term: French Door
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French Blue, definition of term: French Blue
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Basset Horn, definition of term: Basset Horn
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English Horn, definition of term: English Horn
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Car Horn, definition of term: Car Horn
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