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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: any wind instrument other than the brass instruments [syn: woodwind, woodwind instrument, wood]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1876 1. any of a group of wind instruments (as a clarinet, flute, oboe, or saxophone) that are characterized by a cylindrical or conical tube of wood or metal usually ending in a slightly flared bell, that produce tones by the vibration of one or two reeds in the mouthpiece or by the passing of air over a mouth hole, and that usually have finger holes or keys by which the player may produce all the tones within an instrument's range 2. plural the woodwind section of a band or orchestra

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (often attrib.) 1 (collect.) the wind instruments of the orchestra that were (mostly) orig. made of wood, e.g. the flute and clarinet. 2 (usu. in pl.) an individual instrument of this kind or its player (the woodwinds are out of tune).

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(woodwinds) Woodwind instruments are musical instruments such as flutes, clarinets, and recorders that you play by blowing into them. N-VAR: oft N n

Moby Thesaurus

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