trombone

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a low-pitched brass instrument whose tube is usually lengthened and shortened with a movable slide

   The trombone added a broad, mellow line beneath the trumpet melody.

2. 2
   noun

   a trombone player or the trombone section of an ensemble, by metonymy

   The first trombone stood to play the solo passage.

Common collocations

• trombone player Noun + noun

Borrowed from Italian trombone, literally 'large trumpet,' from tromba, 'trumpet,' + the augmentative suffix -one. The name refers to the instrument's larger size and lower register relative to an early trumpet.

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