I broke into the storage buildings of a renaissance fair and stole a shawm. I was unable to play it and the bacteria on it made me vomit.
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Shawm
//ʃɔːm//
Synonyms for "shawm" (36 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (18)
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1 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 18 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- bombarda noun (wind instrument)
Czech
1 entries- šalmaj noun (wind instrument)
Dutch
1 entries- schalmei noun (wind instrument)
Esperanto
1 entries- ŝalmo noun (wind instrument)
Finnish
1 entries- skalmeija noun (wind instrument)
French
1 entries- chalemie noun (wind instrument)
German
1 entries- Schalmei noun (wind instrument)
Greek
1 entries- ζουρνάς noun (wind instrument)
Ido
1 entries- shalmo noun (wind instrument)
Irish
1 entries- seám noun (wind instrument)
Italian
2 entries- cennamella noun (wind instrument)
- zufolo noun (wind instrument)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- زورنا noun (wind instrument)
Polish
1 entries- szałamaja noun (wind instrument)
Spanish
1 entries- caramillo noun (wind instrument)
Swedish
1 entries- skalmeja noun (wind instrument)
Tagalog
1 entries- karamilyo noun (wind instrument)
Turkish
1 entries- zurna noun (wind instrument)
Welsh
1 entries- chwythgorn noun (wind instrument)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
And all the field is thick with companies Of fair-clothed men that play on shawms and lutes And gather honey of the yellow fruits Between the branches waxen soft and wide
Source: wiktionary
There are four flutes, a harp of twenty strings, a mournful shawm, and a number of drums of oxhide, some to be struck, others spanked.
Source: wiktionary
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