air horn

loud signalling device driven by compressed air

Class type of: sound effect, aerophone, signalling device Q1003090

Facts

3 properties

Subclass of: sound effect, aerophone, signalling device^[1]^[2]^[3]
Has use: siren, vehicle horn^[4]^[5]
Hornbostel-Sachs classification: 412^[6]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 3

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Bahnhof Flüelen.jpg ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: technology/tyfon
Freebase ID: /m/05x_td

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Has use 2

siren, vehicle horn

Subclass of 2

aerophone, sound effect

Subtypes 1

train horn

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