Found 2 items, similar to embouchure.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: embouchure
embouchure
n : the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player
blows directly [syn:
mouthpiece]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Embouchure
Embouchure
\Em`bou`chure"\, n. [F., fr. emboucher to put to the
mouth; pref. em- (L. in) + bouche the mouth. Cf.
Embouge,
Debouch.]
1. The mouth of a river; also, the mouth of a cannon.
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2. (Mus.)
(a) The mouthpiece of a wind instrument.
(b) The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute
player has a good embouchure.
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