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woodwind instrument

n. (context music English) A musical instrument in which sound is produced by blowing against an edge or by vibrating a thin piece of wood or metal known as the reed, and in which the pitch is governed by the resonant frequencies of an enclosed air column.

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woodwind instrument

n. any wind instrument other than the brass instruments [syn: woodwind, wood]

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Woodwind instrument

Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments within the more general category of wind instruments. There are two main types of woodwind instruments: flutes and reed instruments (otherwise called reed pipes). What differentiates these instruments from other wind instruments is the way in which they produce their sound. Examples are a saxophone, a bassoon, piccolo and others.

Usage examples of "woodwind instrument".

Actually it was male, and the honk came from the horn itself, sounding like a woodwind instrument.

On the table, beside the crystal soul trap and the bowl of rotting fruit, lay a chordal horn, a northern woodwind instrument, which must have belonged to Nameless.