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Topic: MUSIC

Date: 1600-1700
Language: Italian
Origin: French hautbois, from haut 'high' + bois 'wood'

oboe

 noun
     
o‧boe [countable]
APM a wooden musical instrument like a narrow tube, which you play by blowing air through a reed
—oboist noun [countable]
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