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woodwind definition

wood·wind (wo̵od′wind′)

noun

  1. the woodwind instruments of an orchestra, or the players of these instruments
  2. any of such instruments

adjective

  1. designating a wind instrument made, esp. originally, of wood, as the flute, clarinet, or oboe
  2. composed of or for such an instrument or instruments

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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