clarinet

Noun

Meaning

A wind instrument, blown by a single reed, of richer and fuller tone than the oboe, which has a double reed. It is the leading instrument in a military band.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

anaconda piccolo octave viola cornet bourdon gamba fife drum pipe trumpet whistle flute twelfth harp
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Antonyms

beaver fanny muff gash pussy box
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Hypernyms

single-reed instrument single-reed woodwind

Hyponyms

basset horn bass clarinet licorice stick B-flat clarinet

Phrases with the word

sopranino clarinet clarinet-player alto clarinet

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Examples

So the ideology was that: use sounds as instruments, as sounds on tape, without the causality. It was no longer a clarinet or a spring or a piano, but a sound with a form, a development, a life of its own. Luc Ferrari

I understood that if I wanted to work, the saxophone was the main instrument. The clarinet was what we call a double. Lee Konitz

Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet. Lee Konitz

Then when I was in grammar school I played the clarinet, and then, after clarinet I played the flute in college orchestra - besides singing in the college chorus and things like that. Bobby McFerrin

I was improvising before I was reading music. I was just trying to play things on the clarinet by ear. I think my ear is one of my greatest assets. Pete Fountain

My eyes are too big, my nose is too flat, my ears stick out, my mouth is too big and my face is too small... my body is thin as a clarinet and my ankles are so skinny that I wear two pairs of bobby socks because I don't want people to see how thin they are. Goldie Hawn

Close letter words and terms

clariid Clarin Clarinda clarinet section clarinet-player clarinetist