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Trumpets

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Noun

1. huntsman's horn, huntsman's horns, sarracenia flava, trumpets, yellow pitcher plant, yellow trumpet

pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Trumpets

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noun
1. 
a valved brass instrument of brilliant tone consisting of a narrow tube of cylindrical bore ending in a flared bell, normally pitched in B flat. Range: two and a half octaves upwards from F sharp on the fourth line of the bass staff
2. 
any instrument consisting of a valveless tube ending in a bell, esp a straight instrument used for fanfares, signals, etc
3. 
a person who plays a trumpet in an orchestra
4. 
a loud sound such as that of a trumpet, esp when made by an animal
the trumpet of the elephants
5. 
an eight-foot reed stop on an organ
6. 
something resembling a trumpet in shape, esp in having a flared bell
7.  short for ear trumpet
8.  blow one's own trumpet
verb -pets, -peting or -peted
9. 
to proclaim or sound loudly

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Trumpets

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noun
1. 
a brass instrument with a bright tone, consisting of a tube in an oblong loop or loops, with a flared bell and, in the modern instrument, three valves for producing changes in key
2. 
something shaped like a trumpet; esp., ear trumpet
3.  US; [pl.]
a pitcher plant (Sarracenia flava) of the SE U.S., with slender, erect, hollow leaves
4. 
a sound like that of a trumpet, esp. one made by an elephant
5. 
a trumpet-toned organ stop
verb intransitive
6. 
to blow a trumpet
7. 
to make a sound like a trumpet
verb transitive
8. 
to sound on a trumpet
9. 
to sound or utter with a trumpetlike tone
10. 
to proclaim loudly

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Trumpets

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n. pl. trum·pets
1.
a. Music A soprano brass instrument consisting of a long metal tube looped once and ending in a flared bell, the modern type being equipped with three valves for producing variations in pitch.
b. Something shaped or sounding like this instrument.
2. Music An organ stop that produces a tone like that of the brass instrument.
3. A resounding call, as that of the elephant.
v. trum·pet·ed, trum·pet·ing, trum·pets
v. intr.
1. Music To play a trumpet.
2. To give forth a resounding call.
v. tr.
To sound or proclaim loudly.

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