noun

trombone

trom-BOHN

noun

A brass instrument with a sliding tube used to change pitch.

"He played the trombone in the school jazz band."

How to Use Trombone

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA brass instrument played by sliding a tube in and out to change the note.

Common pairings

play the trombone trombone slide

tromboned past tense, trombones plural, tromboni plural, trombones singular

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He played the _____ in the school jazz band.

From Italian trombone, "large trumpet" — tromba ("trumpet") plus the augmentative suffix "-one."

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