CLARINET

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A single-reed instrument with a straight tube

Classified under:

Hypernyms ("clarinet" is a kind of...):

single-reed instrument; single-reed woodwind (a beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clarinet"):

bass clarinet (a large clarinet whose range is an octave below the B-flat clarinet)

basset horn (a tenor clarinet; pitched in the key of F below the B-flat clarinet)

B-flat clarinet; licorice stick (the ordinary clarinet with a middle range)

Derivation:

clarinetist; clarinettist (a musician who plays the clarinet)