trumpets
part of speech
noun, plural of «trumpet» (a trumpet, trumpets); verb, third person of «trumpet» (it trumpets)
meaning for a pupil
1) Trumpets are brass musical instruments that you blow into, more than one. tree →
2) «Trumpets» is also the form of the verb after he, she or it: an elephant trumpets when it makes a loud call. tree →
3) «Trumpets» can mean a loud fanfare played to announce someone. tree →
sense in the lessons
In music lessons, an orchestra or brass band may have several trumpets. In stories, «trumpets sounded» announces a king, a queen or a big event. In nature, «the elephant trumpets» describes its call. Phrases: «trumpets sounded», «a fanfare of trumpets», «with trumpets».
examples
- The trumpets played at the start of the parade. tree →
- Our band has four trumpets and two trombones. tree →
- Trumpets sounded as the queen entered the castle. tree →
- An elephant trumpets when it is upset. tree →
- The trumpets shone in the sunlight. tree →
- If each player has 2 trumpets and there are 3 players, there are 6 trumpets. tree →
- Before the gate soldiers were marching, blowing trumpets and beating drums. tree →
note
Plural noun of «trumpet», or the verb with he/she/it: «the elephant trumpets». Countable: «two trumpets». In maths, counting instruments uses ordinary multiplication and addition.
In the corpora
- 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.
- and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
- and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.
- And they swore unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «trumpets» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.