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embouchure
[ ahm-boo-shoor, ahm-boo-shoor; French ahn-boo-shyr ]
noun
, plural em·bou·chures [ahm-b, oo, -, shoorz, ahm, -b, oo, -sh, oo, rz, ah, n, -boo-, shyr].
- the mouth of a river.
- the opening out of a valley into a plain.
- Music.
- the mouthpiece of a wind instrument.
- the adjustment of a player's mouth to such a mouthpiece.
embouchure
/ ˌɒmbʊˈʃʊə /
noun
- the mouth of a river or valley
- music
- the correct application of the lips and tongue in playing a wind instrument
- the mouthpiece of a wind instrument
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Word History and Origins
Origin of embouchure1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of embouchure1
C18: from French, from Old French emboucher to put to one's mouth, from bouche mouth, from Latin bucca cheek
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Example Sentences
The distance from Chepstow to the embouchure of the Wye about three miles.
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From this point to the embouchure its course lies through delightful scenery.
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Probably, according to Teulet, the present Sandhoferfahrt, a little below the embouchure of the Neckar.
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It had shoals off its embouchure; and these, he rightly enough fancied, would induce Captain Cuffe to be wary.
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Amber lies under, or is formed upon the sand, and abounds most near the embouchure of a small river in this neighbourhood.
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