English dictionary
oboe
/'/oU/b/oU/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
Source: WordNet 3.0
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One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy.
Source: webster1913