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Woodwind
Name Brand Woodwind Instruments. Woodwind & Brasswind: Since 1978.
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wood⋅wind

  [wood-wind]
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–noun
1. a musical wind instrument of the group comprising the flutes, clarinets, oboes, bassoons, and occasionally, the saxophones.
2. woodwinds, the section of an orchestra or band comprising the woodwind instruments.
–adjective
3. of, relating to, or composed of woodwinds.
Origin:
1875–80; wood 1 + wind 3
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Woodwind
Name Brand Woodwind Instruments. Woodwind & Brasswind: Since 1978.
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wood·wind   (wŏŏd'wĭnd')   
n.  

  1. A wind instrument in which sound is produced by the vibration of reeds in the mouthpiece, as a bassoon, clarinet, oboe, or saxophone, or by the passing of air across the mouthpiece, as a flute.

  2. woodwinds

    1. The section of a band or orchestra composed of woodwind instruments.

    2. Woodwind instruments or their players considered as a group.

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