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# cornet

«cornet» in Mova's school dictionary: **a brass musical instrument like a small trumpet** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (cornets)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A cornet is a brass musical instrument like a small trumpet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornet/#m1)

2) (old use) A cornet is a junior officer in an old cavalry troop who carried the flag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornet/#m2)

3) (old use) A cornet is a tall paper cone, or a cap or headdress worn long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornet/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

in the tales, a horn or instrument the hero remembers; in old stories, a soldier's rank or a cone-shaped cap

### examples

- The boy played a tune on his cornet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornet/#x1)
- The cornet of the old army carried the flag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornet/#x2)
- The cornet was a tall cone of paper full of sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornet/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cornet» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cornet/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.