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trombone

Definitions of trombone
  1. noun
    a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide
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    ottone
    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
  2. noun
    a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle
  3. noun
    a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics
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    cataplasma, lagna, mosca, piantagrane, pizza, rompiscatole, seccatore
    a person who evokes boredom
  4. noun
    a musician who plays the trombone
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    esecutore, musicante, musicista, musico, sonatore, strumentista, suonatore
    someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
  5. noun
    any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown
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    type of:
    narciso
    bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters
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