alpenhorn
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al·pen·horn
(ăl′pən-hôrn′) or alp·horn (ălp′hôrn′)n.
A curved wooden horn, sometimes as long as 6 meters (20 feet), traditionally used by herders in the Alps to call cows to pasture.
[German : Alpen, Alps + Horn, horn (from Middle High German, from Old High German; see ker- in Indo-European roots).]
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alpenhorn
(ˈælpənˌhɔːn)n
(Instruments) another name for alphorn
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al•pen•horn
(ˈæl pənˌhɔrn)n.
a very long, powerful horn used by Swiss herders and mountaineers.
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
alpenhorn
n → Alphorn nt
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