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wood·wind
 woodwind
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- pronunciation:
- wUd
wInd
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Woodwinds are a type of musical instrument. Clarinets, flutes, and oboes are some of the woodwinds. Woodwinds are made out of wood, or they used to be made out of wood. They are played by blowing air through them.
The woodwinds make up one section of an orchestra. The other sections are the string instruments, the brass instruments, and the percussion instruments. |
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instrument |
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