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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A type of organ reed stop, sounding a tone resembling that of the oboe.

Synonyms

All synonyms

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Etymology

From French cromorne, from German Krummhorn (“crooked horn, cornet, an organ pipe turned like a trumpet”). Doublet of krummhorn.

Related phrases

reed stop

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