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    OBOE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpieceplay

    Synonyms:

    hautbois; hautboy; oboe

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

    double-reed instrument; double reed (a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together)

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

    basset oboe; heckelphone (an oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboe)

    musette pipe (a small simple oboe)

    oboe da caccia (an alto oboe; precursor of the English horn)

    oboe d'amore (an oboe pitched a minor third lower than the ordinary oboe; used to perform baroque music)

    shawm (a medieval oboe)

    Derivation:

    oboist (a musician who plays the oboe)

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