Trombone

Definitions

1. 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♭).
2. The common European bittern.
3. A kind of extendable support for attaching lighting elements to a set.

Equivalents

38 more languages

العربيةالترومبونتْرُومْبُونمُتَرَدِّدَة

Bosanskitrombonтромбон

Catalàtrombó

Češtinapozountrombón

Cymraegtrombôn

Danskbasun

Ελληνικάτρομπόνι

Esperantotrombono

Euskaratronboi

فارسیترومبون

Suomipasuunavetopasuuna

Gaeilgetrombón

Galegotrombón

Hrvatskitrombonтромбон

Magyarharsona

Հայերենտրոմբոն

Bahasa Indonesiatrombon

Íslenskabásúna

Italianotrombone

日本語トロンボーン

ქართულიტრომბონი

Қазақ тілітромбон

한국어트롬본

LëtzebuergeschPosaunTrombone

Lietuviųtrombonas

Македонскитромбон

Nederlandstrombone

Polskipuzon

Portuguêstrombone

Românătrombon

Русскийтромбон

Slovenščinapozavna

Српскиtrombonтромбон

Svenskabasuntrombon

ไทยทรอมโบน

Tagalogtrombon

Türkçetrombon

Українськатромбон

Examples

“Jim plays the trombone very well.”

“This trombone is very expensive.”

“Horns, trumpets, and trombones, both soloistically and sectionally, became central to the orchestral concept... His highly subtle orchestration elevates woodwinds, more often scored soloistically than sectionally.”

“Using the “endangered species” model⟳ employed by the World Wide Fund for Nature, campaigners are highlighting the scarcity of bassoonists and paving the way for the promotion of some other orchestral instruments that are under threat, such as the oboe, French horn, viola, trombone and double⟳ bass.”

“The trombone […] permits an instrument to be positioned over a studio set⟳ wall, enabling the set⟳ wall to support⟳ the weight of the instrument.”

“The two secondary controls are the trombone handle⟳ and the focus⟳ knob.”

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