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oboe
1[ oh-boh ]
noun
- a woodwind instrument having a slender conical, tubular body and a double-reed mouthpiece.
- (in an organ) a reed stop with a sound like that of an oboe.
- (a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter O. )
oboe
2[ oh-boh ]
noun
- a navigation system utilizing two radar ground stations that measure the distance to an aircraft and then radio the information to the aircraft.
oboe
/ ˈəʊbəʊ /
noun
- a woodwind instrument of the family that includes the bassoon and cor anglais, consisting of a conical tube fitted with a mouthpiece having a double reed. It has a penetrating nasal tone. Range: about two octaves plus a sixth upwards from B flat below middle C
- a person who plays this instrument in an orchestra
second oboe
Notes
Derived Forms
- ˈoboist, noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of oboe1
Example Sentences
For Kirke it was being paid to pretend to play the oboe that heightened her affair with classical music.
Boring math geniuses, oboe-playing poets, and rich kids from New York need not apply.
Rich kids from New York, boring Asian math geniuses, and oboe-playing poets need not apply.
A musical prodigy, seven years old, who will order the fifth oboe out of the Albert Hall as soon as look at him.
It is the timid oboe that sounds the A for the orchestra to tune by.
The young man in the red velvet cap plays on the violoncello; the other on the oboe, of which only the reed is visible.
He also had lessons in the vestry room of the Octagon Chapel; and he acquired some skill upon the flute and oboe from Mr. Fish.
An oboe of ivory, carved by Anciuti in Milan, beginning of the eighteenth century.
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