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Woodwind instrument Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ment

Woodwind instrument has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any wind instrument other than the brass instruments

2

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.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
wind instrument
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
beating-reed instrument flute
Rhyming Words
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