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wind instrument

 noun
     
Related topics: Music
wind in‧stru‧ment [countable]
APM a musical instrument made of wood or metal that you play by blowing, such as a flute, or one that air is passed through, such as an organ [↪ brass, percussion, stringed instrument]

➔ the winds/the wind section

at wind1 (10), woodwind
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