English > brass instrument: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | 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. |
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| Synonym | brass |
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| Parts | valve | device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone |
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| Narrower | French horn, horn | A brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves |
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| baritone, baritone horn | The second lowest brass wind instrument |
| bass horn, sousaphone, tuba | The lowest brass wind instrument |
| bugle | A brass instrument without valves |
| clarion | A medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone |
| cornet, horn, trumpet, trump | A brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone |
| flugelhorn, fluegelhorn | A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore |
| saxhorn | Any of a family of brass wind instruments that resemble a bugle with valves |
| trombone | A brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide |
| Broader | wind instrument, wind | A musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath |
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| Spanish | instrumentos de metal, metal, metal viento |
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| Catalan | instrument de música de metall |
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