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# oboe

«oboe» in Mova's school dictionary: **a woodwind musical instrument shaped like a long thin…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (oboe, oboes)

### meaning for a pupil

An oboe is a woodwind musical instrument shaped like a long thin tube, played by blowing through a double reed, which makes a clear, slightly sharp sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oboe/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In music lessons, the oboe belongs to the woodwind family of the orchestra, with the flute, clarinet and bassoon; the orchestra tunes to the oboe's note A. In «Peter and the Wolf», the oboe plays the duck. Common phrases: «play the oboe», «oboe solo», «oboe player» (oboist).

### examples

- My sister plays the oboe in the school orchestra. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oboe/#x1)
- In «Peter and the Wolf», the oboe is the duck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oboe/#x2)
- The oboe plays a note A so the whole orchestra can tune. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oboe/#x3)
- An oboe has a double reed made of cane. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oboe/#x4)
- The oboe solo sounded sad and beautiful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oboe/#x5)
- Learning the oboe takes a lot of breath control. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oboe/#x6)
- An oboe player is called an oboist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oboe/#x7)

### note

Plural: oboes. Say OH-boh. Do not confuse with the clarinet, which has a single reed and a wider bell. «An oboe» (vowel sound).

### In the corpora

- [Before a concert the orchestra tunes to one note, usually an A played by the oboe, so everyone plays in tune together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «oboe» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oboe/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.