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embouchure — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • embouchure noun The use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument.
  • mouth noun The opening in the face used for eating and speaking.
  • mouthpiece noun The part of an instrument or device placed at or near the mouth.

Senses

embouchure is used for these senses in English:

  • embouchure (music) The use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument.
  • mouth The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water; or the end of a tributary out of which water flows into a larger river.
  • mouth An outlet, aperture or orifice.
  • mouthpiece The part of a wind instrument that is held in or against the mouth.

embouchure — full definition

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

mouth — full definition

  1. noun The opening in the face used for eating and speaking.
  2. noun The point where a river flows into the sea or another body of water.
  3. noun An opening or entrance to something, such as a cave or bottle.
  4. noun A person who talks too much, or too boldly, for someone else.

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