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oboe definition

oboe (ō′bō)

noun

  1. a double-reed woodwind instrument having a range of nearly three octaves and a high, penetrating, melancholy tone
  2. an organ stop producing an oboelike sound

Etymology: It < Fr hautbois; see hautboy

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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