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CROMORNE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cromorne mean? 

CROMORNE (noun)
  The noun CROMORNE has 1 sense:

1. a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn)play

  Familiarity information: CROMORNE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CROMORNE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cromorne; crumhorn; krummhorn

Hypernyms ("cromorne" is a kind of...):

double-reed instrument; double reed (a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together)


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