Meaning Of The Word Woodwind

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woodwind
Woodwind instruments are musical instruments such as flutes, clarinets, and recorders that you play by blowing into them.
singular noun: The woodwind is the section of an orchestra which consists of woodwind instruments such as flutes and clarinets.

woodwind in American English
designating a wind instrument made, esp. originally, of wood, as the flute, clarinet, or oboe
the woodwind instruments of an orchestra, or the players of these instruments
noun: a musical wind instrument of the group comprising the flutes, clarinets, oboes, bassoons, and occasionally, the saxophones

woodwind in British English
adjective: of, relating to, or denoting a type of wind instrument, excluding the brass instruments, formerly made of wood but now often made of metal, such as the flute or clarinet
noun: woodwind instruments collectively

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