woodwind

(wo̵odwind′)

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

See woodwind in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  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
    a. The section of a band or orchestra composed of woodwind instruments.
    b. Woodwind instruments or their players considered as a group.

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