OBOE


Meaning of OBOE in English

/ ˈəʊbəʊ; NAmE ˈoʊboʊ/ noun

a musical instrument of the woodwind group. It is shaped like a pipe and has a double reed at the top that you blow into.

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WORD ORIGIN

early 18th cent.: from Italian , or from French hautbois , from haut high + bois wood.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.