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Trumpet-shaped   /trˈəmpət-ʃeɪpt/   Listen
Trumpet-shaped

adjective
1.
Shaped in the form of a trumpet.





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"Trumpet-shaped" Quotes from Famous Books



... the current swept us through winding channels in and out among the islands, and if I could have felt in better spirits I should have found endless pleasure in investigating the various beauties of the vegetable world: the great trumpet-shaped flowers that hung from some of the vines, with endless little flitting and poising gems of humming-birds feeding upon the nectar within the blossoms. Then squirrels could be seen running from branch to branch, at times boldly in sight, at others timid as the other ...
— The Golden Magnet • George Manville Fenn
... of water derived from the high pressure mains is made to pass from one pipe into another, coming in contact at the same time with a reservoir of water at ordinary pressure. The result is that the water from the reservoir is drawn into the second pipe through a trumpet-shaped nozzle, and may be made to issue as a stream to a considerable height. Thus the small quantity of pressure-water, which, if used by itself, would perhaps rise to a height of 500 feet, is made to carry with it a much larger quantity ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 417 • Various


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