EMBOUCHURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does embouchure mean? 

• EMBOUCHURE (noun)
  The noun EMBOUCHURE has 1 sense:

1. the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMBOUCHURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

embouchure; mouthpiece

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

aperture (an man-made opening; usually small)

Holonyms ("embouchure" is a part of...):

wind; wind instrument (a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath)