brass instrument
Any musical instrument whose tone is produced by vibration of the lips as the player…Any musical instrument whose tone is produced by vibration of the lips as the player blows into a mouthpiece (or tubular resonator).
» Tom tried to learn to play a brass instrument.
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1 sensesAny musical instrument whose tone is produced by vibration of the lips as the player blows into a mouthpiece (or tubular resonator).
Blechblasinstrument
ме́дный духово́й инструме́нтmédnyj duxovój instrumént, духово́й инструме́нтduxovój instrumént
- a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
Examples
5 sentencesTom tried to learn to play a brass instrument.
What's the easiest brass instrument to learn to play?
ruНа каком медном духовом инструменте легче всего научиться играть? — odexed
Tom can play several brass instruments, but he can't play any woodwind instruments.
Tom plays the trumpet, the trombone and a number of other brass instruments.
Trumpets and trombones are brass instruments, while saxophones are woodwind instruments.
deTrompete und Posaune sind Blechblasinstrumente, Saxofon ein Holzblasinstrument. — esocom
Translations
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Forms
plural: brass instruments| Singular | brass instrument |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece:brass
Word family
2 related wordsSee also
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