Oboe

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hautboy \Haut"boy\ (h[=o]"boi), n. [F. hautbois, lit., high
     wood; haut high + bois wood. So called on account of its high
     tone. See {Haughty}, {Bush}; and cf. {Oboe}.]
     1. (Mus.) A wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and
        similar in shape to the clarinet, but with a thinner tone.
        Now more commonly called {oboe}. See Illust. of {Oboe}.


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     2. (Bot.) A sort of strawberry ({Fragaria elatior}).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oboe \O"boe\, n. [It., fr. F. hautbois. See {Hautboy}.] (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.
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     {Oboe d'amore} [It., lit., oboe of love], and {Oboe di
     caccia} [It., lit., oboe of the chase], are names of obsolete
        modifications of the oboe, often found in the scores of
        Bach and Handel.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  oboe
       n : a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical
           bore and a double-reed mouthpiece [syn: {hautboy}, {hautbois}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  105 Moby Thesaurus words for "oboe":
     English horn, Pandean pipe, aulos, basset horn, basset oboe,
     bassoon, block flute, bombard, bourdon, cello, claribel, clarinet,
     clarion, concert flute, contrabassoon, contrafagotto, cornet,
     cornopean, cromorna, cromorne, cymbel, diapason, double bassoon,
     double reed, dulciana, fife, fipple flute, flageolet, flute,
     flute stop, foundation stop, fourniture, gamba, gedeckt, gemshorn,
     harmonic flute, hautboy, heckelphone, hornpipe, hybrid stop,
     koppel flute, larigot, licorice stick, melodia, mixture, musette,
     mutation stop, nazard, oaten reed, oboe da caccia, ocarina, octave,
     organ stop, panpipe, penny-whistle, piccolo, pipe, plein jeu,
     pommer, posaune, principal, quint, quintaten, rank, ranket,
     recorder, reed, reed instrument, reed stop, register, rohr flute,
     sax, saxophone, sesquialtera, shawm, single reed,
     single-reed instrument, sonorophone, spitz flute, stop,
     stopped diapason, stopped flute, string diapason, string stop,
     sweet potato, syrinx, tabor pipe, tenoroon, tierce, tin-whistle,
     tremolo, trombone, trumpet, twelfth, unda maris, vibrato, viola,
     voix celeste, vox angelica, vox humana, whistle, woods, woodwind,
     woodwind choir, woodwind instrument