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An instrument is a tool or device used for special work or for a very special purpose. A microscope is an example of an instrument. It is an instrument for looking at things that are very small. Scientists, doctors, and dentists use many kinds of instruments.
A doctor uses a special instrument to listen to your heart. It's called a stethoscope.
- synonyms:
- device, tool
- similar words:
- apparatus, appliance, gadget, utensil
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An instrument is a device for recording or measuring.
The airplane has many instruments that help the pilot fly the airplane.- synonyms:
- gauge, measure, meter
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| definition 3: |
An instrument is something you use to make music. It is often called a "musical instrument." There are many kinds of instruments, and they make many kinds of sounds. A piano, a violin, a trumpet, and a drum are some of the many instruments that people play.
Everybody in Alex's family plays an instrument. His mom and dad play the guitar. His sister plays the saxophone, and Alex is learning to play the piano.
- similar words:
- brass, drum, keyboard, organ, percussion, piano, pipe, reed, strings, woodwind
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control, key, monitor, probe |
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some accessories of instruments |
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bow, mallet, pick, reed |
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some actions on instruments |
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adjust, tune |
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some actions with instruments |
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bang, blow, play, pluck, press, strike, strum |
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some examples of wind instruments |
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accordion, bagpipe, harmonica, pipe, whistle |
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some examples of brass instruments |
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bugle, French horn, horn, trombone, trumpet, tuba |
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some examples of percussion instruments |
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bell, cymbal, drum, organ, piano, tambourine, triangle, xylophone |
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some examples of stringed instruments |
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banjo, bass, cello, guitar, harp, ukulele, viola, violin |
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some examples of woodwind instruments |
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bassoon, clarinet, flute, oboe, saxophone |
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some kinds of instruments |
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brass, percussion, string, woodwind |
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some parts of instruments |
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button, joint, key, keyboard, mouthpiece, neck, pedal, peg, reed, string, valve |
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some people associated with instruments |
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conductor, drummer, musician, pianist, player, violinist |
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some sounds of instruments |
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hum, note, tone, whistle |
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