Embouchure

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The mouthpiece of a wind instrument.

II. Embouchure ·noun The mouth of a river; also, the mouth of a cannon.

III. Embouchure ·noun The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute player has a good embouchure.

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