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# trumpet

«trumpet» in Mova's school dictionary: **a brass musical instrument that you blow into; you press…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpet/#m1)

2) When an elephant trumpets, it makes a loud, high call through its trunk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpet/#m2)

3) To trumpet something means to tell everyone about it proudly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpet/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpet/#x1)
- The trumpet has three valves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpet/#x2)
- The elephant raised its trunk and trumpeted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpet/#x3)
- A trumpet call woke the soldiers in the story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpet/#x4)
- Don't blow your own trumpet; let others praise you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpet/#x5)
- The trumpet makes a bright, loud sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpet/#x6)
- She trumpeted the news of her new puppy to the whole class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpet/#x7)
- He began trumpeting furiously at the top of his trumpet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpet/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/41-olympiad-music-puzzles/9/)
- [The trumpet call is air blasted out through the trunk; elephants also make deep rumbles other elephants feel through their feet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/17/)
- [Parasaurolophus had a long hollow crest that probably worked like a trumpet, making deep honking sounds.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/267-horns-frills-plates-and-clubs/13/)
- [Mouthpieces of trumpets and recorders are cleaned and not shared without cleaning, because germs pass between mouths.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/246-music-practice-and-ball-safety/7/)
- [With trumpets and sound of the horn shout ye before the King, the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1742/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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