hautboy

Noun

Meaning

A wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and similar in shape to the clarinet, but with a thinner tone. Now more commonly called oboe. See Illust. of Oboe.

A sort of strawberry (Fragaria elatior).

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

oboe hautbois reed piccolo fife pipe recorder whistle flute clarinet bassoon basset horn ocarina woods bass clarinet

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Hypernyms

double reed double-reed instrument

Hyponyms

shawm heckelphone basset oboe oboe d'amore oboe da caccia musette pipe

Close letter words and terms

Haut-Rhin hautbois hautboist hautboyist haute haute bourgeoisie