oboe
Collocations
5ADJ.
most, new
VERB + OBOE
don't, get, play, played, plays, take, want
OBOE + NOUN
mary, players, solo
PREP.
during, with
ADV.
loudly
Definitions
noun
A soprano and melody wind instrument in the modern orchestra and wind ensemble. It is a smaller instrument and generally made of grenadilla wood. It is a member of the double reed family.
Whistles, mirlitons, flutes, trumpets or horns, clarinets, and oboes are all played in one or more parts of the continent.
This does become monstrously antimusical in one scene: when Tchaikovsky’s music, softly depicting the sleeping palace (my favorite passage of this composer’s entire oeuvre, with its beautifully muffled oboe melody suggesting how beauty ripens in sleep like a chrysalis), is turned into an epic battle for the poor passive Prince, conducted between the wicked Carabosse, with her ghoulish minions, and the Lilac Fairy, with her elves.
noun
radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter O.
noun
Initialism of off-by-one error.
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6Whistles, mirlitons, flutes, trumpets or horns, clarinets, and oboes are all played in one or more parts of the continent.
WiktionaryThis does become monstrously antimusical in one scene: when Tchaikovsky’s music, softly depicting the sleeping palace (my favorite passage of this composer’s entire oeuvre, with its beautifully muffle
WiktionaryUsing the “endangered species” model employed by the World Wide Fund for Nature, campaigners are highlighting the scarcity of bassoonists and paving the way for the promotion of some other orchestral
WiktionaryHeck, with oboe players there are those who, rather than search for a reed that suits them, find it faster to make their own.
Tatoeba · #326892I need to get my oboe repaired.
Tatoeba · #937388I guess it's impossible for me to learn how to play the oboe.
Tatoeba · #953464