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CLARION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("clarion" is a kind of...):

brass; brass instrument (a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece)

Derivation:

clarion (proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion)

clarion (blow the clarion)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Loud and clear

Example:

a clarion call

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

loud (characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "clarion" is one way to...):

exclaim; proclaim; promulgate (state or announce)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

clarion (a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Blow the clarion

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "clarion" is one way to...):

play (perform music on (a musical instrument))

Domain category:

music (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.))

music ((music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

clarion (a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone)

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