(music) Any (typically wooden) musical instrument that produces sound by the player blowing into it, through a reed, or across an opening. Woodwind instruments include the recorder, flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, cor anglais and bassoon.

plural of woodwind / (music) The woodwind instruments of an orchestra collectively

Synonym of woodwindist

plural of woodwinder

(music) A musical instrument in which sound is produced by blowing against an edge or by vibrating a thin piece of wood or metal known as the reed, and in which the pitch is governed by the resonant frequencies of an enclosed air column.

plural of woodwind instrument

plural of woodwindist

Someone who plays a woodwind instrument, such as the clarinet.