embouchure

[ ahm-boo-shoor, ahm-boo-shoor; French ahn-boo-shyr ]

noun

, plural em·bou·chures [ahm-b, oo, -, shoorz, ahm, -b, oo, -sh, oo, rz, ah, n, -boo-, shyr].

1. the mouth of a river.
2. the opening out of a valley into a plain.
3. Music.
   1. the mouthpiece of a wind instrument.
   2. the adjustment of a player's mouth to such a mouthpiece.

embouchure

/ ˌɒmbʊˈʃʊə /

noun

1. the mouth of a river or valley
2. music
   1. the correct application of the lips and tongue in playing a wind instrument
   2. the mouthpiece of a wind instrument

Word History and Origins

Origin of embouchure¹

1750–60; < French, equivalent to embouch ( er ) to put (an instrument) to one's mouth ( em- em- ¹ + bouche mouth < Latin bucca puffed cheek) + -ure -ure

Word History and Origins

Origin of embouchure¹

C18: from French, from Old French emboucher to put to one's mouth, from bouche mouth, from Latin bucca cheek

Example Sentences

The distance from Chepstow to the embouchure of the Wye about three miles.

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From this point to the embouchure its course lies through delightful scenery.

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Probably, according to Teulet, the present Sandhoferfahrt, a little below the embouchure of the Neckar.

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It had shoals off its embouchure; and these, he rightly enough fancied, would induce Captain Cuffe to be wary.

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Amber lies under, or is formed upon the sand, and abounds most near the embouchure of a small river in this neighbourhood.

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