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Cornet

🔄 Synonyms of "Cornet"

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Word	Definition
hornnoun	(countable, zootomy) A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.
trumpetnoun	(music) A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cornet"

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Word	Definition
trumpetnoun	(music) A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.
hornnoun	(countable, zootomy) A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.
zinkenoun	A surname from German.
soloistnoun	A person who performs a solo.
veldnoun	(chiefly South Africa) The open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries.
flugelhornnoun	A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply conical mouthpiece than those. A bugle with valves.
pocket trumpetnoun	A compact B-flat major trumpet, with the same range as a standard B-flat major trumpet.
bombardonnoun	(music) A brass instrument, the bass version of the tuba.
trumpophonenoun	(music) A musical instrument combining a trumpet and a saxophone, especially a trumpet played with a saxophone mouthpiece.
jazzophonenoun	A saxophone-shaped double-belled brass instrument with a trumpet-like mouthpiece.
ophicleidenoun	(music) A keyed brass baritone bugle, now replaced by the tuba in orchestral music
flumpetnoun	A musical instrument that blends qualities of the trumpet and flugelhorn.
basset clarinetnoun	(music) A clarinet similar to the usual soprano clarinet but longer and with additional keys to enable playing several additional lower notes.
tromboonnoun	(music) A trombone with the reed and bocal of a bassoon placed instead of the usual mouthpiece, which combines the limitations of both instruments, producing a loud comical sound.
euphoniumnoun	A valved brass instrument with conical tubing similar in appearance to a tuba but of higher pitch.
sudrophonenoun	(music) A brass instrument with a cylindrical bore and four valves.
bigophonenoun	(music) Any of a series of cheap musical instruments, made to resemble orchestral instruments, that were blown in the manner of a kazoo
saxtubanoun	An obsolete valved brasswind instrument inspired by the Ancient Roman cornu and tuba.
cornemusenoun	A French musical instrument very similar to bagpipes.
sackbutnoun	(music) A brass instrument from the Renaissance and Baroque Eras, and an ancestor of the modern trombone. It was derived from the medieval slide trumpet.