The trumpet has a long ancestry. The modern trumpet, a standard member of the brass section of the orchestra, differs from its predecessors in its use of three valves, by which the length of the tube can be changed to produce the notes of the harmonic series from different fundamentals. Baroque trumpeters came to specialise in the use of the upper [..]

late 14c., from Old French trompette "trumpet," diminutive of trompe (see trump (n.2)).

1520s, from trumpet (n.). Figurative sense of "to proclaim, extol" is attested from 1580s. Related: Trumpeted; trumpeting.

brass instrument having a flared bell.

cornet: a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet; "Liberals like to trump [..]

a musical instrument that you blow into

[Cornet]

To dream of a trumpet, denotes that something of unusual interest is about to befall you. To blow a trumpet, signifies that you will gain your wishes.   

(n) a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves(v) proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet(v) play or blow on the trumpet(v) utte [..]

To trumpet one’s good deeds. The allusion is to the Pharisaic sect called the Almsgivers, who had a trumpet sounded before them, ostensibly to summon the poor together, but in reality to publ [..]

The slight depression or hollow on either side of the skull just behind the orbit or eye socket; the region comparable with the temple in man.

Sousaphone, baritone, and euphonium.

The slight depression or hollow on either side of the skull just behind the orbit or eye socket; the region comparable with the temple in man.

(musical instrument) A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic. ''The [..]