slide trombone

noun

See under trombone.

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Definition for slide trombone (2 of 2)

trombone
[ trom-bohn, trom-bohn ]
/ trɒmˈboʊn, ˈtrɒm boʊn /

noun

a musical wind instrument consisting of a cylindrical metal tube expanding into a bell and bent twice in a U shape, usually equipped with a slide (slide trombone).

Origin of trombone

1715–25; < Italian, equivalent to tromb(a) trumpet (< Provençal < Germanic; compare Old High German trumpa, trumba horn, trumpet) + -one augmentative suffix

OTHER WORDS FROM trombone

trom·bon·ist [trom-boh-nist, trom-boh-] /trɒmˈboʊ nɪst, ˈtrɒm boʊ-/, noun

Example sentences from the Web for slide trombone

  • Both of them put together would hardly make a full-sized warrior, and both play the slide-trombone in the band.

    A Village of Vagabonds |F. Berkeley Smith

British Dictionary definitions for slide trombone (1 of 2)

slide trombone

noun

See trombone

British Dictionary definitions for slide trombone (2 of 2)

trombone
/ (trɒmˈbəʊn) /

noun

a brass instrument, a low-pitched counterpart of the trumpet, consisting of a tube the effective length of which is varied by means of a U-shaped slide. The usual forms of this instrument are the tenor trombone (range: about two and a half octaves upwards from E) and the bass trombone (pitched a fourth lower)
a person who plays this instrument in an orchestra

Derived forms of trombone

trombonist, noun

Word Origin for trombone

C18: from Italian, from tromba a trumpet, from Old High German trumba

Cultural definitions for slide trombone

trombone

A brass instrument; the player can change its pitch by sliding one part of the tube in and out of the other. The tone of the trombone is mellower than that of the trumpet.