brass instrument

1. 1.

   a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece

   Synonymsbrass

   Broaderwind instrument

   Narrowerbaritonebass hornbugleclarioncornetflugelhornFrench hornsaxhorntrombone

   Partsvalve

Questions about brass instrument

What does brass instrument mean?

brass instrument means "a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece".

What is another word for brass instrument?

Close synonyms include brass. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is brass instrument a common word?

brass instrument is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.