Woodwind


NOUN:

  1. A wind instrument in which sound is produced by the vibration of reeds in the mouthpiece, as a bassoon, clarinet, oboe, or saxophone, or by the passing of air across the mouthpiece, as a flute.
  2. woodwinds
    1. The section of a band or orchestra composed of woodwind instruments.
    2. Woodwind instruments or their players considered as a group.