wind instrument

[ wind ]

/ wɪnd /

noun

a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute.

Origin of wind instrument

First recorded in 1575–85

Words nearby wind instrument

winding frame, winding number, winding sheet, winding staircase, winding-up, wind instrument, wind instruments, Wind in the Willows, windjammer, windlass, windle

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Example sentences from the Web for wind instrument

In playing a wind-instrument, the eyebrows are a great help.
Life's Minor Collisions|Frances Warner
The wind-instrument was once more heard, and the curtain slowly fell to its strains.
The Water-Witch or, The Skimmer of the Seas|James Fenimore Cooper
During the night my slumber was at intervals distracted by the far-off wails of a wind-instrument in travail.
Ladies and Gentlemen |Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
The next class of wind-instrument is that of which the clarinet is the modern representative.
Springtime and Other Essays|Francis Darwin

Cornemuse is a bagpipe; shalmye is a shawm, which was a wind-instrument, being derived from Lat.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7)|Geoffrey Chaucer

British Dictionary definitions for wind instrument

wind instrument

/ (wɪnd) /

noun

any musical instrument sounded by the breath, such as the woodwinds and brass instruments of an orchestra

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单词	wind instrument
释义	wind instrument [ wind ] / wɪnd / noun a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute. Origin of wind instrument First recorded in 1575–85 Words nearby wind instrument winding frame, winding number, winding sheet, winding staircase, winding-up, wind instrument, wind instruments, Wind in the Willows, windjammer, windlass, windle Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wind instrument In playing a wind-instrument, the eyebrows are a great help. Life's Minor Collisions\|Frances Warner The wind-instrument was once more heard, and the curtain slowly fell to its strains. The Water-Witch or, The Skimmer of the Seas\|James Fenimore Cooper During the night my slumber was at intervals distracted by the far-off wails of a wind-instrument in travail. Ladies and Gentlemen \|Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb The next class of wind-instrument is that of which the clarinet is the modern representative. Springtime and Other Essays\|Francis Darwin Cornemuse is a bagpipe; shalmye is a shawm, which was a wind-instrument, being derived from Lat. Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7)\|Geoffrey Chaucer British Dictionary definitions for wind instrument wind instrument / (wɪnd) / noun any musical instrument sounded by the breath, such as the woodwinds and brass instruments of an orchestra Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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