brass instrument

noun

Any musical instrument whose tone is produced by vibration of the lips as the player blows into a mouthpiece (or tubular resonator).

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Meanings

nounbrass instrument (plural brass instruments)

plural brass instruments

  1. entertainmentAny musical instrument whose tone is produced by vibration of the lips as the player blows into a mouthpiece (or tubular resonator).

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece

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brass
Broader
wind instrumentwind
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brass

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 銅管樂器 /铜管乐器
  • 銅管樂器 /铜管乐器 (tóngguǎn yuèqì)musical instrument
Czech žesťový nástroj
  • žesťový nástrojmusical instrument
Finnish vaskisoitin
  • vaskisoitinmusical instrument
French cuivre
  • cuivremusical instrument
German Blechblasinstrument
  • Blechblasinstrumentmusical instrument
Greek χάλκινα πνευστά
  • χάλκινα πνευστά (chálkina pnefstá)musical instrument
Hungarian rézfúvós
  • rézfúvósmusical instrument
Icelandic málmblásturshljóðfæri
  • málmblásturshljóðfærimusical instrument
Italian strumento ad ancia
  • strumento ad anciamusical instrument
Japanese 金管楽器
  • 金管楽器 (kinkan gakki)musical instrument
Korean 금관악기
  • 금관악기 (geumgwanakgi)musical instrument
Māori tāonga pūtētere
  • tāonga pūtēteremusical instrument
Polish instrument dęty blaszany, blacha
  • instrument dęty blaszanymusical instrument
  • blachamusical instrument
Portuguese metal
  • metalmusical instrument
Russian ме́дный духово́й инструме́нт, духово́й инструме́нт
  • ме́дный духово́й инструме́нт (médnyj duxovój instrumént)musical instrument
  • духово́й инструме́нт (duxovój instrumént)musical instrument
Swedish bleckblåsinstrument
  • bleckblåsinstrumentmusical instrument
Turkish üflemeli çalgı
  • üflemeli çalgımusical instrument
Cite this entry
APA

brass instrument. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brass%20instrument

MLA

“brass instrument.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brass%20instrument. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brass instrument,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brass%20instrument.

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