em|bou|chure

em|bou|chure
em|bou|chure «AHM bu SHUR», noun.
1. the mouth of a river.
2. the widening of a river valley into a plain.
3. Music. a) the mouthpiece of a wind instrument. b) the shaping and use of the lips or tongue in playing such an instrument: »

He picked up the trumpet without help, and the mellophone was no trouble at all after that, since it has the same fingering and a similar embouchure (Time).

╂[< Old French embouchure < emboucher put into, or discharge from, a mouth < en- in (< Latin in-) + bouche mouth < Latin bucca]

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  • de|bou|chure — «DAY boo SHOOR», noun. a mouth or outlet, as of a river or a pass; debouchment: »Some rivers, like the Mississippi, combine all three stages from source to debouchure (White and Renner). ╂[< French débouchre < déboucher; see etym. under… …   Useful english dictionary

  • bou — ba·bou·vism; ba·bou·vist; bam·bou·la; bou·chal; bou·charde; bou·ché; bou·chée; bou·che·rie; bou·chon; bou·clé; bou·din; bou·di·nage; bou·doir; bou·et; bou·gain·vil·laea; bou·gain·vil·lia; bou·gar; bou·get; bou·gie; bou·gi·nage; bou·guer s; bou·in …   English syllables

  • chure — bro·chure; de·bou·chure; em·bou·chure; pan·a·chure; ha·chure; …   English syllables

  • debouchure — de·bou·chure …   English syllables

  • embouchure — em·bou·chure …   English syllables

  • D'ebouchure — D[ e] bou chure , n. [F.] The outward opening of a river, of a valley, or of a strait. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Embouchure — Em bou chure , n. [F., fr. emboucher to put to the mouth; pref. em (L. in) + bouche the mouth. Cf. {Embouge}, {Debouch}.] 1. The mouth of a river; also, the mouth of a cannon. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) (a) The mouthpiece of a wind instrument. (b)… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • debouchure — de·bou·chure (dĭ bo͞o sho͝orʹ) n. An opening or mouth, as of a river or stream. * * * …   Universalium

  • DE — DE; de·acetylate; de·acidification; de·acidify; de·activate; de·a·dose; de·aerate; de·af·fer·en·ta·tion; de·alate; de·alat·ed; de·al·bate; de·alkalization; de·alkalize; de·alkylate; de·am·bu·la·tion; de·ambulatory; de·amidate; de·amidization;… …   English syllables

  • EM — EM; Em; em·a·gram; em·a·nant; em·a·nate; em·a·na·tion; em·a·na·tion·ism; em·a·na·tion·ist; em·a·na·tive; em·a·na·tor; em·a·na·tory; em·a·nom·e·ter; em·ba·dom·o·nas; em·bale; em·ball; em·bal·lo·nu·ri·dae; em·balm; em·balm·er; em·balm·ment;… …   English syllables

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