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em·bou·chure    Audio Help   [ahm-boo-shoor, ahm-boo-shoor; Fr. ahn-boo-shyr] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -chures    Audio Help   [-shoorz; Fr. -shyr] Pronunciation Key.
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    Audio Help   (äm'bŏŏ-shŏŏr')  Pronunciation Key 
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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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embouchure

noun
the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly [syn: mouthpiece] 

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Embouchure

Em`bou`chure"\, n. [F., fr. emboucher to put to the mouth; pref. em- (L. in) + bouche the mouth. Cf. Embouge, Debouch.]

1. The mouth of a river; also, the mouth of a cannon.

2. (Mus.) (a) The mouthpiece of a wind instrument. (b) The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute player has a good embouchure.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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