musical instrument
Multiple Entries:musical instrument instrument
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
musical instrument
▶noun see instrument (sense 3 of the noun).
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
instrument/ˈɪnstrəmənt/
▶noun
- 1 a tool or implement, especially for precision work.
- 2 a measuring device, especially in a vehicle or aircraft.
- 3 (also musical instrument) a device for producing musical sounds.
- 4 a means of pursuing an aim.
- 5 a person who is made use of.
- 6 a formal or legal document.
– origin ME: from OFr., or from L. instrumentum ‘equipment, implement’, from instruere ‘construct, equip’.
'musical instrument' also found in these Oxford entries:
accordion
- althorn
- bagpipe
- balalaika
- bell
- bout
- capo
- chorus
- concertina
- contrabass
- cord
- cymbal
- damp
- detune
- dulcimer
- dynamic
- erhu
- euphonium
- fingering
- flugelhorn
- glass harmonica
- guiro
- guitar
- harmonic
- harp
- hurdy-gurdy
- instrument
- instrumentalist
- Jew's harp
- kazoo
- keyboard
- kora
- mandolin
- MIDI
- mirliton
- mouthpiece
- musical glasses
- musician
- noodle
- note
- organ
- pan pipes
- patch
- pedal steel guitar
- pentachord
- percussion
- phase
- piano
- play
