wind instrument

/ˌwɪnd ˈɪnstrəmənt/

/wɪnd ˈɪnstrəmənt/

Other forms: wind instruments

Definitions of wind instrument

1. noun

   a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
   synonyms: wind

   types:

   brass, brass instrument

   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

   free-reed instrument

   a wind instrument with a free reed

   kazoo

   a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece

   ocarina, sweet potato

   egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes

   organ, pipe organ

   wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard

   organ pipe, pipe, pipework

   the flues and stops on a pipe organ

   pipe

   a tubular wind instrument

   post horn

   wind instrument used by postilions of the 18th and 19th centuries

   whistle

   a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it

   wood, woodwind, woodwind instrument

   any wind instrument other than the brass instruments

   accordion, piano accordion, squeeze box

   a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player

   American organ

   a free-reed instrument in which air is drawn in through reeds by suction bellows

   bagpipe

   a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone

   baritone, baritone horn

   the second lowest brass wind instrument

   bass horn, sousaphone, tuba

   the lowest brass wind instrument

   beating-reed instrument, reed, reed instrument

   a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed

   bugle

   a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares

   chanter, melody pipe

   reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played

   clarion

   a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone

   concertina

   free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds

   cornet, horn, trump, trumpet

   a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves

   bourdon, drone, drone pipe

   a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone

   fipple flute, fipple pipe, recorder, vertical flute

   a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece

   flue, flue pipe, labial pipe

   organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip

   fluegelhorn, flugelhorn

   a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore

   flute, transverse flute

   a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown

   French horn, horn

   a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves

   harmonica, harp, mouth harp, mouth organ

   a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole

   harmonium, organ, reed organ

   a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows

   organ stop

   a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality

   pandean pipe, panpipe, syrinx

   a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together

   pitch pipe

   a small pipe sounding a tone of standard frequency; used to establish the starting pitch for unaccompanied singing

   reed pipe

   organ pipe with a vibrating reed

   saxhorn

   any of a family of brass wind instruments that resemble a bugle with valves

   trombone

   a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide

   type of:

   instrument, musical instrument

   any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds