1. 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; [syn: brass, brass instrument]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
brass instrument
n 1: 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 [syn: brass, brass instrument]