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TAKE THE QUIZchalumeau
noun
cha·lu·meau
¦shalə¦mō
plural chalumeaux
-ōz
1
a
: a medieval wind instrument consisting of an upright tube surmounted by a small tube in which was fixed a double reed : shawm
b
: an obsolete single-reed wind instrument of varying size that after progressive modifications became the clarinet
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