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Crnt.

Crnt. is the abbreviation of cornet.

Meaning of cornet

Noun

cornet (plural cornets)

  1. A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.
    Synonyms:
    cornet-à-piston, cornet-à-pistons
  2. A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.
  3. An ice cream cone (the shell itself).
  4. (UK, broadly, dated) An ice cream cone (the unit comprising the shell and the ice cream).
  5. (obsolete) A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
    • They discerned a body of five cornets of horse very full, standing in very good order to receive them.1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed...
  6. A kind of organ stop.

See all 10 meanings of cornet

Forms of Crnt.

pluralCrnt.

Questions about Crnt.

What is Crnt. the abbreviation of?
Crnt. is the abbreviation of cornet.

Words near Crnt. in the dictionary

  1. CRNA
  2. Crnac
  3. CRNAs
  4. Crnkovich
  5. Crnkoviches
  6. Crnt.
  7. cro
  8. Cro-Magnard
  9. Cro-Magnards
  10. Cro-Magnid
  11. Cro-Magnoid

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