/wood"wind'/ , n.
1. a musical wind instrument of the group comprising the flutes, clarinets, oboes, bassoons, and occasionally, the saxophones.
2. woodwinds , the section of an orchestra or band comprising the woodwind instruments.
adj.
3. of, relating to, or composed of woodwinds.
[ 1875-80; WOOD 1 + WIND 3 ]