woodwind
(wo̵od′wind′)
noun
- the woodwind instruments of an orchestra, or the players of these instruments
- any of such instruments
adjective
- designating a wind instrument made, esp. originally, of wood, as the flute, clarinet, or oboe
- composed of or for such an instrument or instruments
See woodwind in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun- 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.
- 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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