Oboe

n.

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(Mus.) One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy. Oboe d'amore are names of obsolete modifications of the oboe, often found in the scores of Bach and Handel.

Noun

1.

oboe - a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece Synonyms: hautbois, hautboy

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