wind instrument

[ wind ]

/ wɪnd /

noun

a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute.

Words nearby wind instrument

wind gauge, wind generator, wind harp, wind in the willows, wind indicator, wind instrument, wind instruments, wind machine, wind plant, wind poppy, wind power

Origin of wind instrument

First recorded in 1575–85

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Examples from the Web for wind instrument

In playing a wind-instrument, the eyebrows are a great help.
Life's Minor Collisions|Frances Warner
The wind-instrument was once more heard, and the curtain slowly fell to its strains.
The Water-Witch or, The Skimmer of the Seas|James Fenimore Cooper
During the night my slumber was at intervals distracted by the far-off wails of a wind-instrument in travail.
Ladies and Gentlemen |Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
The next class of wind-instrument is that of which the clarinet is the modern representative.
Springtime and Other Essays|Francis Darwin

Cornemuse is a bagpipe; shalmye is a shawm, which was a wind-instrument, being derived from Lat.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7)|Geoffrey Chaucer

British Dictionary definitions for wind instrument

wind instrument

/ (wɪnd) /

noun

any musical instrument sounded by the breath, such as the woodwinds and brass instruments of an orchestra

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