| NOUN | artifact | oboe, hautboy, hautbois | a slender double-reed instrument |
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| Sounds | ow'bow | |
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| Rhymes | akimbo ... turbot: 25 rhymes with bow... | |
| Meaning | A slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece. | |
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| Synonyms | hautboy, hautbois | |
| Narrower | heckelphone, basset oboe | An oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboe |
| musette pipe | A small simple oboe | |
| oboe d'amore | An oboe pitched a minor third lower than the ordinary oboe | |
| oboe da caccia | An alto oboe | |
| shawm | A medieval oboe | |
| Broader | double-reed instrument, double reed | A woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together |
| Spanish | hautbois, oboe | |
| Catalan | hautbois, oboé, oboè | |
| Nouns | oboist | a musician who plays the oboe |
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