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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
oboe /ˈəʊbəʊ/

▶noun a woodwind instrument of treble pitch, played with a double reed and having an incisive tone.

– derivatives
oboist noun.

– origin C18: from Ital., or from Fr. hautbois, from haut ‘high’ + bois ‘wood’.

'oboe' also found in these Oxford entries:

bassoon - cor anglais - double reed - hautboy - heckelphone - musette - oboe d'amore - shawm

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