Definition of "trombone" []

• A brass instrument consisting of a long cylindrical tube bent upon itself twice, ending in a bell-shaped mouth, and having a movable U-shaped slide for producing different pitches. (noun)

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• "They are really members of one family, as the name trombone -- big trumpet -- implies, and blend well together."
• "He developed a condition that's being called trombone player's lung."
• "MR. MARSALIS: Please welcome jazz authority and scholar -- and he'll sneak a trombone out and play it if you don't watch him -- Dr. David Baker."