Embouchure

Definitions

1. The use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument.
   countable, uncountable
2. The mouth of a river or valley.
   archaic, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“you could see⟳ the twin lines running down from either side of his lower lip, etched in by the force⟳ of his embouchure, looking like⟳ extensions of his mustache.”

“We approached Piteå at sunset. The view⟳ over the broad embouchure of the river, studded with islands, was quite picturesque, and the town itself, scattered along the shore and over the slopes of hills made a fair appearance.”

“Passing by Conical Rock, an isolated peak which forms a conspicuous landmark, the coast trends to the northward to Cape Dudley Digges and on to Cape Athol. Beyond Cape Athol lies Saunders Island, at the entrance to Wolstenholme Sound⟳, which like⟳ most of these inlets, forms the embouchure of a glacier-river.”

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