clarinet
(klærɪnet )
Word forms: clarinets
variable noun
A clarinet is a musical instrument of the woodwind family in the shape of a pipe. You play the clarinet by blowing into it and covering and uncovering the holes with your fingers.
She learnt the clarinet and loved singing in rounds.
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Collocations:
clarinet player play the clarinet
A gifted clarinet player, she also sang in a professional choir.
canada.com
He was also an accomplished clarinet player.
Times, Sunday Times
A short time later, he joined a travelling wagon show that needed a clarinet player, and began his work as a professional musician.
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Falter was an accomplished jazz clarinet player and entirely self-taught.
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He was one of the world's most famous and most accomplished classical clarinet players for most of the second half of the 20th century.
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He used to play the clarinet, but has had to abandon it while boss of Peugeot.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I'm playing the clarinet at the moment too.
The Sun (2013)
She was a country and western fan and played clarinet and piano.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Translations:
Chinese: 单簧管
Japanese: クラリネット