english horn

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   a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch

   Synonymscor anglais

   Broaderdouble-reed instrument

Questions about english horn

What does english horn mean?

english horn means "a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch".

What is another word for english horn?

Close synonyms include cor anglais. 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 english horn a common word?

english horn 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.