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SHAWM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A medieval oboe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("shawm" is a kind of...):
hautbois; hautboy; oboe (a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shawm"):
bombard; bombardon (a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family)
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