English Explanatory Dictionary

trombone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B♭ˌ (contra B♭).
  2. The common European bittern.
  3. A kind of extendable support for attaching lighting elements to a set.
verb
  1. To transmit a signal or data back to a central switching point before sending it out to its destination.
  2. To extend and retract (the zoom lens); to use it too enthusiastically.

Pronunciation

/ˌtɹɒmˈbəʊn/ /tɹəmˈbəʊn/ /ˌtɹɑmˈboʊn/ /tɹəmˈboʊn/ en-us-trombone.ogg

Word forms

trombone trombones tromboni tromboning tromboned

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian trombone, from tromba (“trumpet”) + -one (augmentative), literally “large trumpet”. The telecommunications sense alludes to the shape of the musical instrument.

Derived words

superbone tromboner tromboning trombonist alto trombone bass trombone double trombone rusty trombone sad trombone slide trombone tenor trombone trombone-player valide trombone valve trombone
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