Clarinet

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  • noun. A woodwind instrument having a straight cylindrical tube with a flaring bell and a single-reed mouthpiece, played by means of finger holes and keys.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A musical windinstrument consisting of a mouthpiece containing a single beating reed, a cylindrical tube with 18 holes (9 to be closed by the fingers and 9 by keys), and a bell or flaring mouth.
  • noun. In organ-building, a reed-stop imitating the tone of the clarinet.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A wind instrument, blown by a single reed, of richer and fuller tone than the oboe, which has a double reed. It is the leading instrument in a military band.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a single-reed instrument with a straight tube
    • Word Usage
    "To give an example — we had what we call a clarinet club."
    cross-reference
    bass clarinet  chalumeau  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    single-reed instrument  single-reed woodwind  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    b-flat clarinet  bass clarinet  basset horn  licorice stick  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Annette  Antoinette  Bernadette  Bizet  Bret  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    accordion  alto  bassoon  bugle  clavier  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    English horn  Pandean pipe  aulos  basset horn  basset oboe  
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