OBOE

oboe, hautboy, hautbois

(noun) a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

oboe (plural oboes)

A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family.

Anagrams

• Booe, OEOB, OOBE

Source: Wiktionary

O"boe, n. Etym: [It., fr. F. hautbois. See Hautboy.] (Mus.)

Definition: 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 Etym: [It., lit., oboe of love], and Oboe di caccia Etym: [It., lit., oboe of the chase], are names of obsolete modifications of the oboe, often found in the scores of Bach and Handel.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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