embouchure
noun/ˌɒmbʊˈʃʊə(r)/
/ˌɑːmbʊˈʃʊr/
(music, from French)- the shape of the mouth when playing a wind instrument
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- the mouthpiece of a flute
Word Originmid 18th cent.: French, from s'emboucher ‘discharge itself by the mouth’, from emboucher ‘put in or to the mouth’, from em- ‘into’ + bouche ‘mouth’.
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