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CLARINET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A single-reed instrument with a straight tube
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("clarinet" is a kind of...):
single-reed instrument; single-reed woodwind (a beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clarinet"):
bass clarinet (a large clarinet whose range is an octave below the B-flat clarinet)
basset horn (a tenor clarinet; pitched in the key of F below the B-flat clarinet)
B-flat clarinet; licorice stick (the ordinary clarinet with a middle range)
Derivation:
clarinetist; clarinettist (a musician who plays the clarinet)
