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Meanings of
embouchure
in English
Catalan
embocadura
Spanish
boquilla
Back to the meaning
The aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly.
mouthpiece
Catalan
embocadura
Synonyms
Examples for "
mouthpiece
"
mouthpiece
Examples for "
mouthpiece
"
1
And he would be the favored
mouthpiece
of the God of Israel.
2
But the China Daily newspaper, a Communist Party
mouthpiece
,
blamed overspending Americans.
3
Israel Hayom is widely seen in Israel as being a Netanyahu
mouthpiece
.
4
It has become the principle
mouthpiece
for al Qaeda affiliates in Iraq.
5
There was a clear plastic box on the
mouthpiece
of this phone.
Usage of
embouchure
in English
1
A concerned listener once asked: Why not take clarinet lessons to improve your
embouchure
?
'
2
The breath is projected into the
embouchure
with modulated force.
3
He delivers it with an open
embouchure
,
head thrown back.
4
This we were informed was the
embouchure
of the Somerset river from the Victoria N'yanza.
5
The width of its
embouchure
suggests an Asiatic rival of the Amazon and La Plata.
6
According to Marmol, Mamora was built by Jakob-el-Mansour to defend the
embouchure
of the river.
7
It afterwards takes a southerly direction, before it reaches its
embouchure
in the Rio Grande.
8
Its position was south of the Gyndes
embouchure
,
and it might be reckoned as lying upon either river.
9
Furthermore it seemed now satisfactorily settled that all the inland rivers as yet discovered found the same common
embouchure
.
10
It had shoals off its
embouchure
;
and these, he rightly enough fancied, would induce Captain Cuffe to be wary.
11
It's all about the
embouchure
.
12
You have a weak
embouchure
.
13
It has, from ten to twelve miles above its
embouchure
into Lake Ontario, one of the finest cataracts in the world.
14
In vain I shifted my aching legs and worked my benumbed hands, looking out ahead for the
embouchure
of the river.
15
Little or no water can descend to the Nile from this river, otherwise there would be some trifling current at the
embouchure
.
16
The old Hwai
embouchure
,
running from the Lake Hung-tseh to the sea, no longer exists; it dissipates itself in canals and salt flats.
Other examples for "embouchure"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
embouchure
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
command the embouchure
open embouchure
weak embouchure
Translations for
embouchure
Catalan
embocadura
Spanish
boquilla
embocadura
Embouchure
through the time