Trombone Definition

trŏm-bōn, trəm-, trŏmbōn
trombones
noun
A large brass instrument consisting of a long tube bent parallel to itself twice and ending in a bell mouth: it is of two types, the slide trombone, in which different tones are produced by moving the slide, or movable section of the tube, in or out, and the valve trombone, played, like the trumpet, with valves.
Webster's New World

The common European bittern.

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Other Word Forms of Trombone

Noun

Singular:
trombone
Plural:
trombones

Origin of Trombone

  • French from Italian augmentative of tromba trumpet of Germanic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Italian trombone, from tromba + augmentative suffix -one.

    From Wiktionary

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