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a
: a wind instrument consisting of a conical or cylindrical usually metal tube, a cup-shaped mouthpiece, and a flared bell
specifically
: a valved brass instrument having a cylindrical tube with two turns and a usual range from F sharp below middle C upward for 2¹/₂ octaves
b
: a musical instrument (such as a cornet) resembling a trumpet
2
: a trumpet player
3
: something that resembles a trumpet or its tonal quality: such as
a
: a funnel-shaped instrument (such as a megaphone) for collecting, directing, or intensifying sound
b(1)
: a stentorian voice
(2)
: a penetrating cry (as of an elephant)
trumpeted; trumpeting; trumpets
: to sound or proclaim on or as if on a trumpet
trumpet the news
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Examples of trumpet in a Sentence
Noun
the trumpet of a flower
Verb
He likes to trumpet his own achievements.
The law was trumpeted as a solution to everything.
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Irene Wright, Sacramento Bee, 2 May 2024
Villa Musica will also hold a free Mariachi Camp for intermediate violin, guitar, trumpet and voice students ages 12-17 at Our Lady of Angels School, 650 24th St. Email nolsson@villamusica.org.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2024
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Noun
The researchers chose a central location in the Chaco Culture National Historical Park and used a computer model to replicate the volume and decibel of an ancient conch trumpet.
—Irene Wright, Sacramento Bee, 2 May 2024
Villa Musica will also hold a free Mariachi Camp for intermediate violin, guitar, trumpet and voice students ages 12-17 at Our Lady of Angels School, 650 24th St. Email nolsson@villamusica.org.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2024
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“Trumpet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trumpet. Accessed 6 May. 2024.
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trumpet
1 of 2 noun
trum·pet
ˈtrəm-pət 
1
: a wind instrument consisting of a long cylindrical metal tube commonly once or twice curved and ending in a bell
2
: something shaped like a trumpet
3
: a sound like that of a trumpet
trumpet
2 of 2 verb1
: to blow a trumpet
2
: to make a sound like that of a trumpet
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