Embouchure

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  • noun. The mouth of a river.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The mouthpiece of a woodwind or brass instrument.
  • noun. The manner in which the lips and tongue are applied to such a mouthpiece.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The mouth of a river, etc.; the point of discharge of a flowing stream.
  • noun. A mouthpiece.
  • noun. In vocalization: The position of the vocal organs in forming a tone.
  • noun. The particular character of the tone itself, especially at its beginning. Occasionally the term is further defined as palatal, dental, etc., according to the apparent position of the center of resonance.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The mouth of a river; also, the mouth of a cannon.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The mouthpiece of a wind instrument.
  • noun. The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The shape of the mouth and lips when playing a wind instrument.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly
  • Word Usage
    "On the York River, near its embouchure, is the little port of Yorktown, famous for the surrender of Lord Cornwallis to the American forces in 1781."
    Hypernym
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    aperture  
    Same Context
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    Synonym
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    mouth  mouthpiece