Definition of "embouchure" [em•bou•chure]

• The mouth of a river. (noun)
• Music The mouthpiece of a woodwind or brass instrument. (noun)
• Music The manner in which the lips and tongue are applied to such a mouthpiece. (noun)

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• "On the York River, near its embouchure, is the little port of Yorktown, famous for the surrender of Lord Cornwallis to the American forces in 1781."
• "It may be described as the embouchure of the Wady Dumayghah, which falls into its head, and which, doubtless, in olden times, when the land was wooded, used to roll"
• "Don't you think "embouchure" is too big of a vocabulary word for the Anoop fans."