TROMBONE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("trombone" is a kind of...):

brass; brass instrument (a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trombone"):

sackbut (a medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone)

Derivation:

trombonist (a musician who plays the trombone)

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