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OBOE D'AMORE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does oboe d'amore mean?
• OBOE D'AMORE (noun)
The noun OBOE D'AMORE has 1 sense:
1. an oboe pitched a minor third lower than the ordinary oboe; used to perform baroque music
Familiarity information: OBOE D'AMORE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An oboe pitched a minor third lower than the ordinary oboe; used to perform baroque music
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("oboe d'amore" is a kind of...):
hautbois; hautboy; oboe (a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece)
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