woodwind

IPA: wˈʊdwɪnd

(music) Any (typically wooden) musical instrument that produces sound by the player blowing into it, through a reed, or across an opening. Woodwind instruments include the recorder, flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, cor anglais and bassoon.

Examples of "woodwind" in Sentences

A wind instrument classified as a woodwind because it is played with a reed, although it is usually made of metal.
"The really cool thing about percussion is it kind of encompasses everything that's not a string or woodwind or brass instrument," says Kotche.
On others, as in the case of "I'll Never Leave You," we took the separate harp and woodwind tracks and created a new version of the song that was quite moody and emotional and perfect for where I wanted to use it in the film.
They range from the chamber music of the Clarinets, a woodwind trio with Mr. Noriega and Anthony Burr, to the instrumental rock of My Ears Are Bent, an ensemble project led by keyboardist Ted Reichman that features guitarist Mary Halvorson.