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Definition of trumpet

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Trumpet (n.) A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenient shape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone..

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Jacaranda :: Jacaranda (n.) A genus of bignoniaceous Brazilian trees with showy trumpet-shaped flowers.

Trump :: Trump (n.) A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a trumpet; -- used chiefly in Scripture and poetry..

Auricle :: Auricle (n.) An instrument applied to the ears to give aid in hearing; a kind of ear trumpet.

Conch :: Conch (n.) In works of art, the shell used by Tritons as a trumpet..

Trumpet :: Trumpet (v. t.) To publish by, or as by, sound of trumpet; to noise abroad; to proclaim; as, to trumpet good tidings..

Trumpeter :: Trumpeter (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon.

Punkling :: Punkling (n.) A young strumpet.

Drab :: Drab (v. i.) To associate with strumpets; to wench.

Strumpet :: Strumpet (a.) Of or pertaining to a strumpet; characteristic of a strumpet.

Triton :: Triton (n.) A fabled sea demigod, the son of Neptune and Amphitrite, and the trumpeter of Neptune. He is represented by poets and painters as having the upper part of his body like that of a man, and the lower part like that of a fish. He often has a trumpet made of a shell..

Watches :: Watches (n. pl.) The leaves of Saracenia flava. See Trumpets.

Blast :: Blast (v. i.) To blow; to blow on a trumpet.

Blare :: Blare (n.) The harsh noise of a trumpet; a loud and somewhat harsh noise, like the blast of a trumpet; a roar or bellowing..

Trumpeter :: Trumpeter (n.) A large edible fish (Latris hecateia) of the family Cirrhitidae, native of Tasmania and New Zealand. It sometimes weighs as much as fifty or sixty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish..

Trumpet :: Trumpet (n.) A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenient shape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone..

Trumpets :: Trumpets (n. pl.) A plant (Sarracenia flava) with long, hollow leaves..

Alchemy :: Alchemy (n.) A mixed metal composed mainly of brass, formerly used for various utensils; hence, a trumpet..

Bugle :: Bugle (n.) A copper instrument of the horn quality of tone, shorter and more conical that the trumpet, sometimes keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; -- called also the Kent bugle..

Raucity :: Raucity (n.) Harshness of sound; rough utterance; hoarseness; as, the raucity of a trumpet, or of the human voice..

Blow :: Blow (v. i.) To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet..