trombone
A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B♭ˌ (contra B♭).
Example
“Jim plays the trombone very well.”
Other meanings
The common European bittern.
A kind of extendable support for attaching lighting elements to a set.
A kind of
- brass
Related words
- drumbone
- tromboney
- superbone
- tromboner
- tromboning
- trombonist
- alto trombone
- bass trombone
- double trombone
- rusty trombone
- sad trombone
- slide trombone
Word history
From Italian "trombone".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “trombone” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.