oboe

oboe is a 4-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy.
2. noun. a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece

   Synonyms: hautbois, hautboy

Synonyms

hautbois, hautboy

Common word forms

oboes

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