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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024o•boe1 /ˈoʊboʊ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Music and Dancea woodwind instrument having a slender, cone-shaped, tubelike body and a double-reed mouthpiece.
o•bo•ist, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024o•boe1 (ō′bō),USA pronunciation n. - Music and Dancea woodwind instrument having a slender conical, tubular body and a double-reed mouthpiece.
- Music and Dance(in an organ) a reed stop with a sound like that of an oboe.
- (a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter O.)
- French hautbois, equivalent. to haut high + bois wood; see hautboy
- Italian
- 1690–1700
- a navigation system utilizing two radar ground stations that measure the distance to an aircraft and then radio the information to the aircraft.
- special use of oboe1 1940–45
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: oboe /ˈəʊbəʊ/ n - a woodwind instrument of the family that includes the bassoon and cor anglais, consisting of a conical tube fitted with a mouthpiece having a double reed. It has a penetrating nasal tone. Range: about two octaves plus a sixth upwards from B flat below middle C
- a person who plays this instrument in an orchestra
Archaic form: hautboy Etymology: 18th Century: via Italian oboe, phonetic approximation to French haut bois, literally: high wood (referring to its pitch)ˈoboist n |