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wind instrument

[ wind ]

noun

  1. a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute.


wind instrument

/ wɪnd /

noun

  1. any musical instrument sounded by the breath, such as the woodwinds and brass instruments of an orchestra


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Word History and Origins

Origin of wind instrument1

First recorded in 1575–85

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Example Sentences

The Rude Mechanical Orchestra had our first pandemic practice that included wind instruments on May 18 this year.

The air pushed out of a trumpet has the highest concentration of potentially infectious air particles compared with other wind instruments, according to University of Minnesota scientists.

And no wonder, for of all the doleful too-tooings ever uttered by wind instrument, this was the dolefullest.

The only wind instrument existing among them is the Pibbegwon, a kind of flute, resembling in simplicity the Arcadian pipe.

There is nothing criminal in preferring the cornet to any other wind instrument.

In playing a wind-instrument, the eyebrows are a great help.

It was evidently not caused by a wind instrument; I felt sure it was not a concertina or an accordion.

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