trombone — meaning in English
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English meaning
- blunderbuss noun A blunderbuss is an old muzzle-loading firearm with a short, wide barrel that flares outward at the muzzle, used to fire a scatter of shot at close range.
- trombone noun A brass instrument with a sliding tube used to change pitch.
Senses
trombone is used for these senses in English:
- blunderbuss An old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.
- 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♭).
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