embouchure
The use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrumentThe use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument.
» To stop squeaking like a sick donkey and play the notes correctly, tighten your embouchure on the clarinet mouthpiece.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument.
Ansatz
амбушю́рambušúr
(archaic, countable, uncountable)The mouth of a river or valley.
- the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly
Examples
1 sentencesTo stop squeaking like a sick donkey and play the notes correctly, tighten your embouchure on the clarinet mouthpiece.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From French embouchure, from emboucher (“to put in one’s mouth”), from en- (“in”) + boucheFrom French embouchure, from emboucher (“to put in one’s mouth”), from en- (“in”) + bouche (“mouth”), from Latin bucca (“cheek”).
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Forms
plural: embouchures| Singular | embouchure |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly:mouthpiece
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable