Trombone: alternatives and connections

A mixed metal composed mainly of brass, formerly used for various utensils; hence, a trumpet.

belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire; "ancient history"; "anci…

The harsh noise of a trumpet; a loud and somewhat harsh noise, like the blast of a trumpet; a roar or bellowing.

Originally, a deep-toned instrument of the oboe or bassoon family; thence, a bass reed stop on the organ. The name bombardon is now gi…

A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood,…

Of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass.

A powerful vegetable alkaloid, found, associated with strychnine, in the seeds of different species of Strychnos, especially in the Nu…

The process of estimating the caliber a tube, as of a thermometer tube, in order to graduate it to a scale of degrees; also, more gene…

A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in…

A brass wind instrument, like the trumpet, furnished with valves moved by small pistons or sliding rods; a cornopean; a cornet.

A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.

A glass tube provided with platinum electrodes, and containing some gas under very low tension, which becomes luminous when an electri…

A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the pictu…

Hence: Any object apprehended, conceived, or thought of, by the mind; a notion, conception, or thought; the real object that is concei…

A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechani…

A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure…

A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses, etc.; -- called al…

An instrument for measuring the tension or elastic force of gases, steam, etc., constructed usually on the principle of allowing the g…