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EMBOUCHURE

Dictionary entry overview: What does embouchure mean?

• EMBOUCHURE (noun)
The noun EMBOUCHURE has 1 sense:

1. the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly

Familiarity information: EMBOUCHURE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EMBOUCHURE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

embouchure; mouthpiece

Hypernyms ("embouchure" is a kind of...):

aperture (an man-made opening; usually small)

Holonyms ("embouchure" is a part of...):

wind; wind instrument (a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath)

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