trumpet : Idioms & Phrases
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- angel's trumpet
- Ear trumpet
- evening trumpet flower
- golden trumpet
- humming bird's trumpet
- nepal trumpet flower
- red angel's trumpet
- Sea trumpet
- Speaking trumpet
- To blow one's own trumpet
- Trumpet animalcule
- trumpet arch
- Trumpet ash
- Trumpet conch
- Trumpet creeper
- Trumpet fish
- Trumpet flower
- Trumpet fly
- Trumpet honeysuckle
- Trumpet leaf
- Trumpet major
- Trumpet marine
- trumpet section
- Trumpet shell
- Trumpet tree
- trumpet vine
- trumpet weed
- trumpet-like
- trumpet-shaped
- trumpet-tongued
- trumpet-wood
- water trumpet
- white trumpet lily
- yellow trumpet
angel's trumpet
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noun South American plant cultivated for its very large nocturnally fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers
Brugmansia suaveolens; Datura suaveolens.
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noun a South American plant that is cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers
Datura arborea; Brugmansia arborea; maikoa.
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Ear trumpet
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noun a conical acoustic device formerly used to direct sound to the ear of a hearing-impaired person
hearing aid.
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- an instrument to aid in hearing. It consists of a tube broad at the outer end, and narrowing to a slender extremity which enters the ear, thus collecting and intensifying sounds so as to assist the hearing of a partially deaf person.
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evening trumpet flower
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noun poisonous woody evergreen vine of southeastern United States having fragrant yellow funnel-shaped flowers
Gelsemium sempervirens; yellow jessamine; yellow jasmine; Carolina jasmine.
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golden trumpet
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noun vigorous evergreen climbing plant of South America having glossy leathery foliage and golden yellow flowers
common allamanda; Allamanda cathartica.
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humming bird's trumpet
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noun shrublet of southwestern United States to Mexico having brilliant scarlet flowers
Epilobium canum canum; Zauschneria californica; California fuchsia.
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nepal trumpet flower
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noun evergreen woody twiner with large glossy leaves and showy corymbs of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers
Easter lily vine; Beaumontia grandiflora.
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red angel's trumpet
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noun arborescent South American shrub having very large orange-red flowers
Brugmansia sanguinea; Datura sanguinea.
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Sea trumpet
(Bot.) , a great seaweed (Ecklonia buccinalis ) of the Southern Ocean. It has a long, hollow stem, enlarging upwards, which may be made into a kind of trumpet, and is used for many purposes.
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Speaking trumpet
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noun a trumpet-shaped acoustic device to intensify and direct the human voice; formerly held to the ear by a hard-of-hearing person
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- an instrument for conveying articulate sounds with increased force.
- an instrument somewhat resembling a trumpet, by which the sound of the human voice may be so intensified as to be conveyed to a great distance.
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To blow one's own trumpet
- to vaunt one's own exploits, or sound one's own praises.
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Trumpet animalcule
(Zoöl.) , any infusorian belonging to Stentor and allied genera, in which the body is trumpet-shaped. SeeStentor .
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trumpet arch
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noun a conical squinch
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Trumpet ash
(Bot.) , the trumpet creeper. Eng.
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Trumpet conch
(Zoöl.) , a trumpet shell, or triton.
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Trumpet creeper
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noun a North American woody vine having pinnate leaves and large red trumpet-shaped flowers
trumpet creeper; Campsis radicans.
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(Bot.) , an American climbing plant (Tecoma radicans ) bearing clusters of large red trumpet-shaped flowers; called alsotrumpet flower , and in Englandtrumpet ash .
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Trumpet fish
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(Zoöl.) (a) The bellows fish.(b) The fistularia.
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Trumpet flower
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noun Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat
cupflower; chalice vine; Solandra guttata.
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noun woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section
Bignonia capreolata; quarter-vine; quartervine; cross vine.
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noun evergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral-red or orange flowers
Lonicera sempervirens; trumpet honeysuckle; coral honeysuckle; trumpet flower.
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(Bot.) (a) The trumpet creeper; also, its blossom.(b) The trumpet honeysuckle.(c) A West Indian name for several plants with trumpet-shaped flowers.
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Trumpet fly
(Zoöl.) , a botfly.
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Trumpet honeysuckle
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noun evergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral-red or orange flowers
Lonicera sempervirens; trumpet honeysuckle; coral honeysuckle; trumpet flower.
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(Bot.) , a twining plant (Lonicera sempervirens ) with red and yellow trumpet-shaped flowers; called alsotrumpet flower .
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Trumpet leaf
(Bot.) , a name of several plants of the genusSarracenia .
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Trumpet major
(Mil.) , the chief trumpeter of a band or regiment.
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Trumpet marine
(Mus.) , a monochord, having a thick string, sounded with a bow, and stopped with the thumb so as to produce the harmonic tones; said to be the oldest bowed instrument known, and in form the archetype of all others. It probably owes its name to "its external resemblance to the large speaking trumpet used on board Italian vessels, which is of the same length and tapering shape." Grove.
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trumpet section
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noun the section of a band or orchestra that plays trumpets or cornets
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Trumpet shell
(Zoöl.) , any species of large marine univalve shells belonging to Triton and allied genera. SeeTriton , 2.
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Trumpet tree
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noun tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems
Cecropia peltata; imbauba; trumpetwood; snake wood; trumpet tree.
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(Bot.) SeeTrumpetwood .
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trumpet vine
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noun a North American woody vine having pinnate leaves and large red trumpet-shaped flowers
trumpet creeper; Campsis radicans.
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noun evergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral-red or orange flowers
Lonicera sempervirens; trumpet honeysuckle; coral honeysuckle; trumpet flower.
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trumpet weed
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noun North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of flowers spotted with purple
Eupatorium purpureum; marsh milkweed; Joe-Pye weed; purple boneset.
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trumpet-like
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adjective satellite resembling the sound of a trumpet
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trumpet-shaped
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adjective satellite shaped in the form of a trumpet
- trumpet-shaped flowers
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Trump"et-shaped` adjective
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Tubular with one end dilated, as the flower of the trumpet creeper.
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trumpet-tongued
Trump"et-tongued` adjective
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Having a powerful, far-reaching voice or speech.
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trumpet-wood
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noun tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems
Cecropia peltata; imbauba; trumpetwood; snake wood; trumpet tree.
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water trumpet
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noun any plant of the genus Cryptocoryne; evergreen perennials growing in fresh or brackish water; tropical Asia
cryptocoryne.
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white trumpet lily
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noun tall lily have large white trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom in the spring
Lilium longiflorum; Easter lily; Bermuda lily.
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yellow trumpet
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noun pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids
Sarracenia flava; trumpets; huntsman's horns; huntsman's horn; yellow pitcher plant.