Definition of "trumpet" []

• 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. (noun)
• Something shaped or sounding like this instrument. (noun)
• Music An organ stop that produces a tone like that of the brass wind instrument. (noun)
• A resounding call, as that of the elephant. (noun)
• Music To play a trumpet. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "A trumpet is an instrument when it is not an elephant sound."
• "The allamanda, or golden trumpet, is one of many tropical flowers that flourish in La Peñita de Jaltemba on Mexico's Nayarit Riviera."
• "The trumpet is still sounding, and we still hear the call."