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• wind instrument — /wind/ a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute. [1575 85] * * * ▪ music Introduction       any musical instrument that uses air as the primary vibrating medium for the… …   Universalium

• Wind instrument — Wind Wind (w[i^]nd, in poetry and singing often w[imac]nd; 277), n. [AS. wind; akin to OS., OFries., D., & G. wind, OHG. wint, Dan. & Sw. vind, Icel. vindr, Goth winds, W. gwynt, L. ventus, Skr. v[=a]ta (cf. Gr. ah ths a blast, gale, ah^nai to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• wind instrument — ► NOUN 1) a musical instrument in which sound is produced by the vibration of air, typically by the player blowing into the instrument. 2) a woodwind instrument as distinct from a brass instrument …   English terms dictionary

• Wind instrument — A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube), in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into (or over) a mouthpiece set at the end of the resonator. The pitch of the… …   Wikipedia

• wind instrument — noun a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath • Syn: ↑wind • Hypernyms: ↑musical instrument, ↑instrument • Hyponyms: ↑brass, ↑brass instrument, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• wind instrument — UK [ˈwɪnd ˌɪnstrʊmənt] / US noun [countable] Word forms wind instrument : singular wind instrument plural wind instruments music a musical instrument that you play by blowing through it. Clarinets, saxophones, and flutes are wind instruments …   English dictionary

• wind instrument — [[t]wɪ̱nd ɪnstrʊmənts[/t]] wind instruments N COUNT A wind instrument is a musical instrument that you blow into in order to produce sounds, such as a flute, a clarinet, or a recorder …   English dictionary

• wind instrument —   Pū kani.     To play a wind instrument, player of a wind instrument, puhi ohe.   Cf. ho ohiliu …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

• Wind-Instrument, das — Das Wind Instrument, des es, plur. die e, ein musicalisches Instrument, welches vermittelst des eingeblasenen Windes gespielet wird, dergleichen alle Flöten, Trompeten, Posaunen u.s.f. sind. Wenigstens ist dieses Wort schicklicher, als das sonst… …   Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart

• wind instrument — wind in|stru|ment [ˈwınd ˌınstrumənt] n a musical instrument made of wood or metal that you play by blowing, such as a ↑flute, or one that air is passed through, such as an ↑organ →↑brass, percussion ↑percussion, stringed instrument ↑stringed… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• wind instrument — wind in|stru|ment [ wınd ,ınstrumənt ] noun count a musical instrument that you play by blowing through it. Clarinets, saxophones, and flutes are wind instruments …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English