DOUBLE-REED INSTRUMENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together

Synonyms:

double-reed instrument; double reed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("double-reed instrument" is a kind of...):

beating-reed instrument; reed; reed instrument (a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed)

Meronyms (parts of "double-reed instrument"):

double reed (a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together to produce the sound in some woodwinds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "double-reed instrument"):

bassoon (a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family)

cor anglais; English horn (a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch)

cromorne; crumhorn; krummhorn (a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn))

hautbois; hautboy; oboe (a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece)