flugelhorn

Meanings

Plural: flugelhorns

Noun

a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore
A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply conical mouthpiece than those. A bugle with valves.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from German Flügelhorn, from Flügel (“wing, flank”) + horn.

Synonyms

fluegelhorn

Scrabble Score: 17

flugelhorn is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 21

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