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oboe

[oh-boh]

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noun

a woodwind instrument having a slender conical, tubular body and a double-reed mouthpiece.

(in an organ) a reed stop with a sound like that of an oboe.

(a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter O.)

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Origin:
1690–1700; < Italian < French hautbois, equivalent to haut high + bois wood; see hautboy

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noun (sometimes initial capital letter)

a navigation system utilizing two radar ground stations that measure the distance to an aircraft and then radio the information to the aircraft.

Origin:
1940–45; special use of oboe¹

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oboe (ˈəʊbəʊ)

—n
1.	a woodwind instrument of the family that includes the bassoon and cor anglais, consisting of a conical tube fitted with a mouthpiece having a double reed. It has a penetrating nasal tone. Range: about two octaves plus a sixth upwards from B flat below middle C
2.	a person who plays this instrument in an orchestra: second oboe

[C18: via Italian oboe, phonetic approximation to French haut bois, literally: high wood (referring to its pitch)]

'oboist

—n

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oboe

1724, from It. oboe, from M.Fr. hautbois (itself borrowed in Eng. 16c. as hautboy), from haut "high" + bois "wood" (see bush). So called because it had the highest register among woodwind instruments.

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