trombone
pronunciation
How to pronounce trombone in British English:
UK [trɒmˈbəʊn]
How to pronounce trombone in American English:
US [trɑmˈboʊn]
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- Noun:
- a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide
Word Origin
- trombone
- trombone: see trump
- trombone (n.)
- brass wind instrument, 1724, from Italian trombone, augmentative form of tromba "trumpet," from a Germanic source (compare Old High German trumba "trumpet;" see trumpet (n.)).
Example
- 1. Trombone player amy loudin agrees .
- 2. Musicians sitting in front of the trombone or trumpet have suffered from these shock waves .
- 3. Shock waves emanating from a trombone have been caught on video for the first time , researchers say .
- 4. He used to play trombone in his father 's brass band ; his son plays bass guitar in a punk band
- 5. Their instrumentation consists of a trumpet , a trombone , a saxophone , a guitar , and drums .