trombone
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boʊn noun
a musical wind instrument consisting of a cylindrical metal tube expanding into a bell and bent twice in a U shape, usually equipped with a slide (slide trombone)
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| —n | |
| 1. | a brass instrument, a low-pitched counterpart of the trumpet, consisting of a tube the effective length of which is varied by means of a U-shaped slide. The usual forms of this instrument are the tenor trombone (range: about two and a half octaves upwards from E) and the bass trombone (pitched a fourth lower) |
| 2. | a person who plays this instrument in an orchestra |
| [C18: from Italian, from tromba a trumpet, from Old High German trumba] | |
| trom'bonist | |
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Word Origin & History
trombone
brass wind instrument, 1724, from It. trombone, augmentative form of tromba "trumpet," from a Gmc. source (cf. O.H.G. trumba "trumpet;" see trumpet).
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Example sentences
Danny strolls onstage as the band's trombone player plays the intro.
He plays the trombone, sings in a choir and enjoys basketball and baseball.
The year before the flood, one of its trombone players died.
It might have three first-trombone players for the band-and no chemistry students.
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