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oboe (iou)



oboe noun. E18.
[Italian formed as HAUTBOY.]
A double-reed woodwind instrument, forming the treble to the bassoon; a player of this instrument. E18.
An organ reed-stop imitating the oboe's penetrating tone. M19.
(Oboe.) A radar system used esp. in the 1940s to guide military aircraft, involving signals between two ground stations and a transponder in the aircraft. M20.
oboist noun a player of the oboe M19.