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noun
A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply conical mouthpiece than those. A bugle with valves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fluegelhorn
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: brass, brass instrument
History
Borrowed from German Flügelhorn, from Flügel (“wing, flank”) + horn.
Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
