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trubka — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bugle noun A brass wind instrument without valves, used mainly for military calls, played by adjusting lip pressure to move between notes.
  • nozzle noun A narrow, often tapered spout fitted to a pipe or hose to control the flow of a liquid or gas.
  • pipe noun A rigid tube used to carry water, gas, or other fluids.
  • trumpet noun A brass musical instrument played by buzzing the lips into a mouthpiece, typically with valves to change pitch.
  • tube noun A hollow cylinder used to carry liquid, gas, or other material.

Senses

trubka is used for these senses in English:

  • bugle (brass instrument) A simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves, playing only pitches in its harmonic series
  • nozzle A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.
  • pipe A rigid tube that transports water, steam, or other fluid, as used in plumbing and numerous other applications. [from 10th c.]
  • trumpet (brass 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.
  • tube (surfing) A wave which pitches forward when breaking, creating a hollow space inside.

bugle — full definition

  1. noun A brass wind instrument without valves, used mainly for military calls, played by adjusting lip pressure to move between notes.
  2. verb To sound a call in the manner of a bugle, or to announce something loudly.

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