wind instrument

[ wind ]

noun

1. a musical instrument sounded by the breath or other air current, as the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, or flute.

wind instrument

/ wɪnd /

noun

1. any musical instrument sounded by the breath, such as the woodwinds and brass instruments of an orchestra

Word History and Origins

Origin of wind instrument¹

First recorded in 1575–85

Example Sentences

Imagine mastodon-like creatures whose noses are wind instruments that inflate the structures and emit sound.

From Los Angeles Times

On 7 May, Lord Weir said Mrs Long was "hard to listen to", and on 23 July he wrote: "Naomi talking about wind instruments - oh the irony!"

From BBC

“Lips” does arrive at an unusually potent moment for avant-garde wind instruments.

From Los Angeles Times

Rice, who has studied cat purring himself, criticized the use of dead over living cats, saying this experiment is “akin to removing the mouthpiece from a wind instrument and analyzing its sounds in isolation.”

From Salon

Just looking at excised larynges, he says, is “akin to removing the mouthpiece from a wind instrument and analyzing its sounds in isolation.”

From Science Magazine