brass instrument
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1. a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | wind, wind instrument, |
| definition | : | a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | bugle, |
| definition | : | a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | clarion, |
| definition | : | a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | cornet, horn, trump, trumpet, |
| definition | : | a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | fluegelhorn, flugelhorn, |
| definition | : | a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | french horn, horn, |
| definition | : | a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | saxhorn, |
| definition | : | any of a family of brass wind instruments that resemble a bugle with valves (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | trombone, |
| definition | : | a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | valve, |
| definition | : | device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | brasslike, brassy, |
| definition | : | resembling the sound of a brass instrument (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | brasslike, brassy, |
| definition | : | resembling the sound of a brass instrument (adj.pert) |
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