trombone
IPA: trɑmbˈoʊn
noun
- 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♭).
- The common European bittern.
- (film, television) A kind of extendable support for attaching lighting elements to a set.
verb
- (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.
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