Word Meaning

Meaning of cornet

- An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family.
- A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras. See Cornet-a-piston.
- A certain organ stop or register.
- A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares.
- A troop of cavalry; -- so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
- The standard of such a troop.
- The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office was abolished in 1871.
- A headdress
- A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions.
- A part of a woman's headdress, in the 16th century.
- See Coronet, 2.

Crossword clue for cornet

- Brass musical instrument
- Ice cream holder
- Ice-cream cone made of grain for the little alien
- Trumpet-like instrument
- Wafer for holding ice cream