Trumpets

trum·pet  (trmpt)

n.

1.

a. Music A soprano brass wind 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 wind 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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[Middle English trumpette, from Old French trompette, diminutive of trompe, horn, from Old High German trumpa.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

trumpets - pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids huntsman's horn, huntsman's horns, Sarracenia flava, yellow pitcher plant, yellow trumpet genus Sarracenia, Sarracenia - pitcher plants pitcher plant - any of several insectivorous herbs of the order Sarraceniales