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em⋅bou⋅chure

  [ahm-boo-shoor, ahm-boo-shoor; Fr. ahn-boo-shyr]
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–noun, plural -chures  [-shoorz; Fr. -shyr] .
1. the mouth of a river.
2. the opening out of a valley into a plain.
3. Music.
a. the mouthpiece of a wind instrument.
b. the adjustment of a player's mouth to such a mouthpiece.
Origin:
1750–60; < F, equiv. to embouch(er) to put (an instrument) to one's mouth (em- em- + bouche mouth < L bucca puffed cheek) + -ure -ure
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em·bou·chure   (äm'bŏŏ-shŏŏr')   
n.  

  1. The mouth of a river.

  2. Music

    1. The mouthpiece of a woodwind or brass instrument.

    2. The manner in which the lips and tongue are applied to such a mouthpiece.


[French, from emboucher, to put or go into the mouth, from Old French : en-, in; see en-1 + bouche, mouth (from Latin bucca, cheek).]
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embouchure 
1792, from Fr. embouchure "river mouth, mouth of a wind instrument," from en- "in" + bouche "mouth," from L. bucca "cheek."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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