woodwind

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woodwind

  • /ˈwʊdwɪnd/

noun woodwinds

  1. Any (typically wooden) musical instrument that produces sound by the player blowing into it, through a reed, or across an opening. Woodwind instruments include the recorder, flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, cor anglais and bassoon. The seven-member Bell Orchestre was indeed a miniorchestra, with strings, brass, woodwinds and percussion along with occasional guitar and analog electronic noise.

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noun musical instrument

中文木管樂器 /木管乐器 mùguǎn yuèqì
Portuguêsmadeira
Françaisbois
DeutschHolzblasinstrument
Ελληνικάξύλινα πνευστά xýlina pnefstá
Русскийдеревя́нный духово́й инструме́нт derevjánnyj duxovój instrumént

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@misc{woodwind_2026,
  title = {woodwind},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/woodwind},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}