Definition of "oboe" []

• A slender woodwind instrument with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece, having a range of three octaves and a penetrating, poignant sound. (noun)
• A reed stop in an organ that produces a sound similar to that of the oboe. (noun)

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• "I think it helped me get the structure of music in my mind, starting with oboe, which is a C instrument, and I played that when I was in fourth grade because I was too young to be in the band and they won't let me in."
• "Mp3tunes is also great, there's a small plugin which sits on your machine called the oboe locker which just sits in the background uploading and downloading changes to your itunes or mp3tunes locker; very very useful."
• "I mean, the oboe is a very piercing instrument, as you know."