wind instrument
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- noun
- /wɪnd ˈɪnstrəmənt/
:
instrumento de viento
- She decided to learn a wind instrument because she loved the rich sounds they produced when played.
- plays a wind instrument
- string and wind instruments
- wind instruments and percussion
Examples
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For example, with wind instruments, one air column twice as long as another produces a pitch one octave lower.
Academic text (2004) -
Two of the most popular wind instruments included clarinets and trumpets.
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In band, these students played various wind instruments.
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We obtained responses from 50 students in each of the following applied areas: voice, wind instruments, and string instruments.
Academic text (2015) -
The string and wind instruments used in school ensembles were once popular in our society.
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For elementary band students, the technical challenges of wind instruments can be daunting.
Academic text (1998) -
The earlier orquestas were based primarily on either string or wind instruments or on a combination of both.
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Clarinet was the most difficult of the wind instruments for the campers to play.
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The music teacher handed her a flute, a clarinet, even a violin, but Jan was set on playing the largest wind instrument.
Academic text (2015) -
The campers took private and small-group lessons in voice, wind instruments, percussion, and piano.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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A musical instrument played by blowing air, like a flute
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'wind' (air/breath) with 'instrument' (a device that produces musical sound): it denotes an instrument that produces sound by air movement. This noun–noun composition is cross-linguistically common and follows a transparent, literal pattern that a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand.
Etymology
Wind instrument comes from the image of using wind, meaning moving air, to play an instrument. So it means 'a musical instrument you play by blowing air', such as a flute or clarinet.