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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of a family of organ stops that contain reeds.
2. 2
   a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece wordnet
3. 3
   Any of the (now obsolete) predecessors of the oboe or cor anglais.

   "Then [her voice] became a little louder, and sounded like a flute or a distant hautbois."

Synonyms

All synonyms

oboeoboehautboy

Example

More examples

"Then [her voice] became a little louder, and sounded like a flute or a distant hautbois."

Etymology

Borrowed from French hautbois. Doublet of oboe and hautboy.

Related phrases

cor anglais

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