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woodwind
noun /ˈwʊd.wɪnd/Definition
the woodwind [S, + pl verb] › the group of woodwind instruments and their players in an orchestra: The woodwind were haunting in the slow movement.Wind instruments
(Definition of woodwind noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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