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Oboe

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hautboynoun(dated, music) An oboe or similar treble double reed instrument.
hautboisnounAny of the (now obsolete) predecessors of the oboe or cor anglais.

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hautboisnounAny of the (now obsolete) predecessors of the oboe or cor anglais.
hautboynoun(dated, music) An oboe or similar treble double reed instrument.
contrabassoonnoun(music) A larger version of the bassoon sounding one octave lower, having a technique similar to the bassoon but offers more resistance in every way.
woodwindnoun(music) 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.
heckelphonenounA musical instrument resembling the oboe, but pitched an octave lower.
musettenoun(chiefly US, originally military) In full musette bag: a small bag or knapsack with a shoulder strap, formerly used by soldiers, and now (cycling) chiefly by cyclists to hold food and beverages or other items.
instrumentnounA device used to produce music.
reednoun(countable) Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
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sopilanounA type of woodwind instrument from Croatia similar to the oboe.
albokanoun(music) A Basque single-reed woodwind instrument having two small-diameter melody pipes with finger holes and a bell traditionally made from animal horn.
bawunounA kind of free reed wind instrument from China that is shaped like a flute.
violonenounAn early stringed instrument similar to a double bass.
bassanellonoun(music) A Renaissance double-reed woodwind instrument.
chirimianoun(music) A Peruvian form of oboe / shawm
mejoraneranounA chordophone from Panama, traditionally carved out of a single block of wood.
berdenounA stringed instrument (chordophone) of Bosnian origin, a large guitar-shaped instrument that is played upright, using a plectrum.
bombardonnoun(music) A brass instrument, the bass version of the tuba.
bolombattonounA traditional string instrument of West Africa, consisting of four strings stretched over a gourd.
mandobassnounA type of mandolin used to play bass.

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