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# trumpets

«trumpets» in Mova's school dictionary: **brass musical instruments that you blow into, more than one** — 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, 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpets/#m1)

2) «Trumpets» is also the form of the verb after he, she or it: an elephant trumpets when it makes a loud call. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpets/#m2)

3) «Trumpets» can mean a loud fanfare played to announce someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpets/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpets/#x1)
- Our band has four trumpets and two trombones. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpets/#x2)
- Trumpets sounded as the queen entered the castle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpets/#x3)
- An elephant trumpets when it is upset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpets/#x4)
- The trumpets shone in the sunlight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpets/#x5)
- If each player has 2 trumpets and there are 3 players, there are 6 trumpets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpets/#x6)
- Before the gate soldiers were marching, blowing trumpets and beating drums. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trumpets/#x7)

### 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.](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/)
- [and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/NEH.399/)
- [and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.627/)
- [And they swore unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with horns.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.327/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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