any wind instrument other than the brass instruments
"The orchestra split into sections, with the woodwinds taking up the melody while the brass provided a powerful background harmony."
Any (typically wooden) musical instrument that produces sound by the player blowing into it, through a reed, or across an opening. Woodwind instruments include the recorder, flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, cor anglais and bassoon.
"The concert featured a dazzling display of woodwind solos from the flutes, oboes, and bassoons in the orchestra section."
The word combines "wood," referring to the material used to make the instrument, and "wind," describing how it is played by blowing air. Thus, a woodwind is an instrument made of wood that produces sound through wind.