Trombone
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌtɹɒmˈbəʊn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Trombone is a noun meaning The common European bittern.
Meaning
The common European bittern.
More Meanings
- (film, television) A kind of extendable support for attaching lighting elements to a set.
- (telecommunications) To transmit a signal or data back to a central switching point before sending it out to its destination.
- (film, slang, transitive) To extend and retract (the zoom lens); to use it too enthusiastically.
- A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B♭ˌ (contra B♭).
Example Sentences
This trombone is very expensive.
Jim plays the trombone very well.
The two secondary controls are the trombone handle and the focus knob.
The trombone […] permits an instrument to be positioned over a studio set wall, enabling the set wall to support the weight of the instrument.
Word Forms
- trombones
- tromboni
- tromboning
- tromboned
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include paperclip, clip, trbn, tuba, tenor, tenoroon.
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