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    SHAWM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A medieval oboeplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("shawm" is a kind of...):

    hautbois; hautboy; oboe (a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shawm"):

    bombard; bombardon (a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family)

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