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woodwind

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈwʊdwɪnd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈwʊdˌwɪnd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(wŏŏd′wind′)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
wood•wind /ˈwʊdˌwɪnd/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Music and Dancea musical wind instrument in which sound is produced by the player's blowing through a mouth hole or on a reed, causing an air column to vibrate, as a flute, clarinet, oboe, or bassoon.
  2. Music and Dance woodwinds, [plural] the section of an orchestra or band comprising these instruments.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
wood•wind  (wŏŏd′wind′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Music and Dancea musical wind instrument of the group comprising the flutes, clarinets, oboes, bassoons, and occasionally, the saxophones.
  2. Music and Dance woodwinds, the section of an orchestra or band comprising the woodwind instruments.

adj. 
  1. Music and Danceof, relating to, or composed of woodwinds.
  • wood1 + wind3 1875–80

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
woodwind /ˈwʊdˌwɪnd/ adj
  1. of, relating to, or denoting a type of wind instrument, excluding the brass instruments, formerly made of wood but now often made of metal, such as the flute or clarinet
 n
  1. (functioning as plural) woodwind instruments collectively
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