wind instrument

American  

[wind] / wɪnd /

noun

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

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wind instrument British  

/ wɪnd /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of wind instrument

First recorded in 1575–85

Example Sentences

Rice, who has studied cat purring himself, criticized the use of dead over living cats, saying this experiment is “akin to removing the mouthpiece from a wind instrument and analyzing its sounds in isolation.”

From Salon • Nov. 3, 2023

Hood would like to put a solar wind instrument on the surface, which could measure the charged particles that pass the rim of the crater.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 17, 2022

His theme for Paul — performed on duduk, an ancient wind instrument from Armenia — searches and wanders, never finding resolution.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2022

Barker, like all Middletown students, has to keep his mask on except during recess and physical education, while eating, or when playing a wind instrument in music class.

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2021

The standing waves in a wind instrument are a little different from a vibrating string.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones