trumpet
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈtrʌmpɪt/
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trompeta
- He plays the trumpet.
- play the trumpet
- a trumpet player
- a trumpet solo
He's he's the guy that learned the trumpet from my father.
- He's he's the guy that learned the trumpet from my father.
- Whoa, There's like a trumpet playing in the back on the outside.
- Lamply, Lamply, John Lamply on trumpet right over there, my friends.
- And then I realized what he was playing on his trumpet was Sea Hunt music.
- Just I you know, I finally just parted with my trumpet.
- And after that we'll go directly to our son Daniel, who's a trumpet player, a musician.
- That you have your choir, maybe you have your string section, you have your trumpets.
Examples
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In the school band, she plays the trumpet during every performance.
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I remember I had taken trumpet lessons in elementary school.
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And then I realized what he was playing on his trumpet was Sea Hunt music.
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Quite different from his warm, crystal clear trumpet tone.
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At the same time, he learned to play the trumpet and became a competent jazz musician.
Academic text (1999) -
We also had a rock band that was fronted by one of our trumpet players who sang.
Academic text (2015) -
In ancient history, people made trumpets out of conch shells and wood.
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The band director loaned him a school-owned, beginner-model trumpet with only a few dents.
Academic text (2013) -
The musician took out his trumpet and played a beautiful melody.
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At the concert, the trumpet solo was the highlight of the evening.
Synonyms
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6.1
A brass instrument like a small trumpet that makes a bright sound
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An instrument that makes sound when you blow air through it, like a flute or trumpet
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3.4
A musical instrument played by blowing and making your lips buzz on a metal mouthpiece, like a trumpet or trombone
Idioms
Compounds
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8.3
A climbing evergreen plant with red or orange tube-shaped flowers that attract hummingbirds
- US
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5.2
A climbing plant with large bell-shaped orange or red flowers often grown in gardens
- Specialized
A South American plant grown for gardens with large, fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers that are very poisonous if eaten
A poisonous woody evergreen vine with sweet-smelling yellow flowers shaped like funnels in the southeastern United States
A climbing evergreen plant with shiny leaves and large yellow flowers used in gardens
A shrub with bright red flowers shaped like tubes that attract hummingbirds
- Indian
A climbing plant that has shiny green leaves and clusters of white fragrant flowers shaped like trumpets
- Specialized
A South American bush with large red flowers shaped like trumpets
- US
A tropical tree from the Americas with large leaves and hollow stems often found in rainforests
- Specialized
A cone-shaped corner support that helps carry a dome over a square room
A climbing plant with large red flowers shaped like a trumpet often grown in gardens
- US
A wild plant with leaves that grow around the stem and flowers with purple spots
- US
A tropical American tree with large broad leaves and hollow stems often planted in gardens for decoration
- Specialized
An evergreen plant with long leaves that grows in fresh or slightly salty water
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Etymology
Trumpet comes from the old French word trompette, which meant 'small horn' and from tromba meaning 'horn', and these instruments were used to announce kings and battles. So a trumpet is a bright, loud brass horn made to be heard far away.