Associations to the word «Trombone»

Pictures for the word «Trombone»

Wiktionary

TROMBONE, 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♭).
TROMBONE, noun. The common European bittern.

Dictionary definition

TROMBONE, noun. A brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats