trumpet
part of speech
noun (a trumpet, trumpets); verb (trumpet, trumpets, trumpeted, trumpeting)
meaning for a pupil
1) A trumpet is a brass musical instrument that you blow into; you press valves to change the note. tree →
2) When an elephant trumpets, it makes a loud, high call through its trunk. tree →
3) To trumpet something means to tell everyone about it proudly. tree →
sense in the lessons
In music lessons the trumpet is a member of the brass family, with three valves and a bell-shaped end; it plays bright, loud notes. In science, sound is made by the player's lips buzzing, which makes the air vibrate. In nature stories, elephants trumpet. Phrases: «play the trumpet», «blow your own trumpet» (boast), «a trumpet call».
examples
- My brother plays the trumpet in the school band. tree →
- The trumpet has three valves. tree →
- The elephant raised its trunk and trumpeted. tree →
- A trumpet call woke the soldiers in the story. tree →
- Don't blow your own trumpet; let others praise you. tree →
- The trumpet makes a bright, loud sound. tree →
- She trumpeted the news of her new puppy to the whole class. tree →
- He began trumpeting furiously at the top of his trumpet. tree →
note
Countable noun; regular verb: trumpeted, trumpeting (one t before -ed). «Play the trumpet» uses «the». «Blow your own trumpet» is an idiom for boasting.
In the corpora
- Brass players buzz their lips into the mouthpiece; the trumpet, trombone, horn and tuba are brass.
- The trumpet call is air blasted out through the trunk; elephants also make deep rumbles other elephants feel through their feet.
- Parasaurolophus had a long hollow crest that probably worked like a trumpet, making deep honking sounds.
- Mouthpieces of trumpets and recorders are cleaned and not shared without cleaning, because germs pass between mouths.
- With trumpets and sound of the horn shout ye before the King, the LORD.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «trumpet» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.