Embouchure (noun)
ohm-bo-shur
The way in which a player applies their mouth to the mouthpiece of a brass or wind instrument, especially as it affects the production of the sound.
The mouthpiece of a flute or a similar instrument..
(archaic) The mouth of a river
Mid 18th century French, from s’emboucher ‘discharge itself by the mouth’, from emboucher ‘put in or to the mouth’, from em- ‘into’ + bouche ‘mouth’.
Example sentences
“It requires practiced embouchure and breathing techniques.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
