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wind instrument (enc)

Wind Instrument

Noun1.wind instrument - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
bagpipe, pipes - a wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through pipes
bell - the flared opening of a tubular device
brass - a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
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
embouchure, mouthpiece - the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly
musical instrument, instrument - any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
ocarina, sweet potato - egg-shaped terra-cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes
pipe organ, 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, pipework, pipe - the flues and stops on a pipe organ
pandean pipe, panpipe, syrinx - a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together
tabor pipe, pipe - a tubular wind instrument
post horn - wind instrument used by postilions of the 18th and 19th centuries
woodwind, woodwind instrument, wood - any wind instrument other than the brass instruments

 

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