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French horn

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French horn
n.
A valved brass wind instrument that produces a mellow tone from a long narrow tube that is coiled in a circle before ending in a flaring bell.
French horn
Noun
Music a valved brass wind instrument with a coiled tube
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Noun1.French hornFrench horn - a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves
horn
brass instrument, brass - a 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
Translations
French horn French n (Mus) → cor m (d'harmonie)


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