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embouchure

em·bou·chure [ m b shr ] (plural em·bou·chures)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. music position of lips and tongue: the adjustment of the lips and tongue in playing a wind instrument

2. music mouthpiece: the mouthpiece of a wind instrument

3. geography river mouth: the mouth of a river

4. geography valley mouth: the mouth of a valley where it becomes a plain

[Mid-18th century. < French< emboucher "put to your mouth" < bouche "mouth"]
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