ramshorn
noun
ramshorn is a noun meaning “A low semicircular work situated in and commanding a ditch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-A-M-S-H-O-R-N, and it appears about once in every 62 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of ramshorn is ramshorns.
What does ramshorn mean?
noun
- 1
A low semicircular work situated in and commanding a ditch.
- 2
An ammonite; a fossil cephalopod.
- 3
A ramshorn snail.
- 4
rareThe horn of a ram.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of ramshorn
- ramshorns plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is ramshorn?
Ramshorn appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does ramshorn come from?
From ram's + horn.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).