BICORN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bicorn mean? 

• BICORN (noun)
  The noun BICORN has 1 sense:

1. a cocked hat with the brim turned up to form two points

  Familiarity information: BICORN used as a noun is very rare.

• BICORN (adjective)
  The adjective BICORN has 1 sense:

1. having two horns or horn-shaped parts

  Familiarity information: BICORN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BICORN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cocked hat with the brim turned up to form two points

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bicorn; bicorne

Hypernyms ("bicorn" is a kind of...):

cocked hat (hat with opposing brims turned up and caught together to form points)

Derivation:

bicorn (having two horns or horn-shaped parts)

• BICORN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having two horns or horn-shaped parts

Synonyms:

bicorn; bicornate; bicorned; bicornuate; bicornuous

Context example:

a bicornuate uterus

Similar:

horned (having a horn or horns or hornlike parts or horns of a particular kind)

Derivation:

bicorn (a cocked hat with the brim turned up to form two points)