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trombone

trom·bone

UK/ˌtɹɒmˈbəʊn/ US/tɹəmˈbəʊn/ uncommon slang

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1.

a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide

Origin

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

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