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Definition of woodwind
1 : any of a group of wind instruments (such as a clarinet, flute, oboe, or saxophone) that are characterized by a cylindrical or conical tube of wood or metal usually ending in a slightly flared bell, that produce tones by the vibration of one or two reeds in the mouthpiece or by the passing of air over a mouth hole, and that usually have finger holes or keys by which the player may produce all the tones within an instrument's range
2 woodwinds plural : the woodwind section of a band or orchestra
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Examples of woodwind in a Sentence
He plays all the woodwind instruments very well.
Recent Examples of woodwind from the Web
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Despite the subject matter, the music on Goths doesn’t sound very goth; the intricate woodwind arrangements and plush electric keyboards can sound a lot like Steely Dan.
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Accompanying the cast will be Marshall Coid (violin), Dave Dunaway (bass), Ray Leslee (piano) and Josh Plotner (woodwinds).
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Pianist Simone Dinnerstein and the Havana Lyceum Orchestra woodwind quintet join the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra to perform works by Mozart and Paquito D’Rivera.
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The principal woodwinds had a brilliant night, and Dausgaard singled them out for some well-deserved bows.
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The strings were warm and caressing, the brasses brash and incisive; the woodwinds sang with a slightly nasal, Slavic character and danced with a playful show of elbows and knees.
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And there were instruments galore: Harpsichords, tamboura, Mellotron, harmonium, woodwinds, and a variety of guitars, pianos, and tambourines.
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The Beatles handed out novelty-shop gag items: clown noses (for the very upstanding violins), plastic spectacles (for the more ebullient woodwinds and brass), wigs, balloons, whistles.
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Even the symphony’s flawless woodwind section sagged into careless intonation, and the orchestra could not find a blend that clarified the inner movements’ wooly textures.
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First Known Use of woodwind
1876
WOODWIND Defined for English Language Learners
woodwind
playDefinition of woodwind for English Language Learners
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: any one of the group of musical instruments that includes flutes, clarinets, oboes, bassoons, and saxophones
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woodwinds : the section of a band or orchestra that plays woodwind instruments
WOODWIND Defined for Kids
woodwind
playDefinition of woodwind for Students
: one of the group of wind instruments consisting of the flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, and sometimes saxophones
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