OBOE D'AMORE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An oboe pitched a minor third lower than the ordinary oboe; used to perform baroque music

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("oboe d'amore" is a kind of...):

hautbois; hautboy; oboe (a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece)

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