English > wind instrument: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | 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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| Synonym | wind |
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| Parts | bell | The flared opening of a tubular device |
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| mouthpiece, embouchure | The aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly |
| Narrower | 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 |
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| free-reed instrument | A wind instrument with a free reed |
| kazoo | A toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece |
| ocarina, sweet potato | egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes |
| organ, pipe organ | wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard |
| organ pipe, pipe, pipework | The flues and stops on a pipe organ |
| pipe | A tubular wind instrument |
| post horn | wind instrument used by postilions of the 18th and 19th centuries |
| whistle | A small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it |
| woodwind, woodwind instrument, wood | Any wind instrument other than the brass instruments |
| Broader | musical instrument, instrument | Any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds |
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| Spanish | aerófono, instrumento de viento |
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| Catalan | instrument de vent |
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