longhorn
pronunciation
How to pronounce longhorn in British English:
UK [ˈlɒŋhɔːn]
How to pronounce longhorn in American English:
US [ ˈlɔːŋhɔːrn]
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- Noun:
- long-horned beef cattle formerly common in southwestern United States
Word Origin
- longhorn (adj.)
- also long-horn, in reference to a type of cattle, 1808, from long (adj.) + horn (n.).
Example
- 1. If microsoft isn 't assimilating the entire approach for longhorn , they 're idiots .
- 2. Many pundits of the time said that longhorn would completely change the face of operating systems .
- 3. A longhorn steer attended , as did an armadillo named scooter .
- 4. And then longhorn became vista , and promise after promise about its capabilities either fell by the wayside or the result was a hollow shell of the initial promise .
- 5. Remember those heady conferences and demonstrations in 2003 on microsoft 's new and exciting operating system , code-named longhorn ?