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Noun
S:
(n)
beating-reed instrument
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reed instrument
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reed
(a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed)
direct hyponym
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full hyponym
S:
(n)
double-reed instrument
,
double reed
(a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together)
S:
(n)
bassoon
(a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family)
S:
(n)
contrabassoon
,
contrafagotto
,
double bassoon
(the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family)
S:
(n)
tenoroon
(a tenor bassoon; pitched a fifth higher than the ordinary bassoon)
S:
(n)
English horn
,
cor anglais
(a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch)
S:
(n)
krummhorn
,
crumhorn
,
cromorne
(a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn))
S:
(n)
oboe
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hautboy
,
hautbois
(a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece)
S:
(n)
heckelphone
,
basset oboe
(an oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboe)
S:
(n)
musette pipe
(a small simple oboe)
S:
(n)
oboe da caccia
(an alto oboe; precursor of the English horn)
S:
(n)
oboe d'amore
(an oboe pitched a minor third lower than the ordinary oboe; used to perform baroque music)
S:
(n)
shawm
(a medieval oboe)
S:
(n)
bombardon
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bombard
(a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family)
S:
(n)
free-reed
(a reed that does not fit closely over the aperture)
S:
(n)
single-reed instrument
,
single-reed woodwind
(a beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone))
S:
(n)
clarinet
(a single-reed instrument with a straight tube)
S:
(n)
bass clarinet
(a large clarinet whose range is an octave below the B-flat clarinet)
S:
(n)
basset horn
(a tenor clarinet; pitched in the key of F below the B-flat clarinet)
S:
(n)
B-flat clarinet
,
licorice stick
(the ordinary clarinet with a middle range)
S:
(n)
hornpipe
,
pibgorn
,
stockhorn
(an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone)
S:
(n)
sax
,
saxophone
(a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore)
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form