: a brass instrument consisting of a long cylindrical metal tube with two turns and having a movable slide or valves for varying the tone and a usual range one octave lower than that of the trumpet
Recent Examples on the WebOne is off to compete around the globe, one is taking his trombone to boot camp and one is off to serve the poor.—Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 3 June 2024 There was big yellow music paper that would be on the piano, and down the left side would go trumpets, clarinets, trombones, violins.—Chris Willman, Variety, 20 May 2024 The band members are Dave McMurray (sax), Luis Resto (keyboards), Vincent Chandler (trombone), Wayne Gerard (guitar), John Douglas (trumpet), Jeff Canaday (drums), Mahindi Masai (percussion), and Steffanie Christi’an (vocals).—Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2024 Born in New York on Feb. 25, 1933, Robert Ellison graduated from the LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and started out in show business as a trombone player in the Catskills.—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for trombone
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Word History
Etymology
Italian, augmentative of tromba trumpet, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German trumba, trumpa trumpet
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