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sax⋅o⋅phone

[sak-suh-fohn]
–noun
a musical wind instrument consisting of a conical, usually brass tube with keys or valves and a mouthpiece with one reed.

Origin:
1850–55; Sax (see saxhorn ) + -o- + -phone


sax⋅o⋅phon⋅ic [sak-suh-fon-ik] , adjective
sax⋅o⋅phon⋅ist, noun
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sax·o·phone   (sāk'sə-fōn')   
n.  A woodwind instrument with a single-reed mouthpiece and a usually curved conical metal tube, including soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone sizes.

[After Sax, surname of 19th-century Belgian instrument-making family.]
sax'o·phon'ist n.
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