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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