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TROMBONE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("trombone" is a kind of...):
brass; brass instrument (a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trombone"):
sackbut (a medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone)
Derivation:
trombonist (a musician who plays the trombone)
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