| saxophone |
a wind instrument with a curved metal body and a mouthpiece with a single reed. |
| -scope |
a suffix that means an instrument for seeing or observing. |
| seismograph |
an instrument used to measure and record the strength of earthquakes. |
| slash |
a cut, slit, or mark made with the stroke of a sharp instrument. [1/5 definitions] |
| sousaphone |
a brass wind instrument similar to a tuba. A sousaphone has a large movable bell and a tube that goes around the player's body. Sousaphones are often seen in marching bands. |
| speedometer |
a instrument that measures the speed of a moving vehicle. |
| square |
an instrument with straight edges and a right angle used to draw or test right angles. [1/22 definitions] |
| stethoscope |
an instrument that makes the sounds inside a body louder. Doctors and nurses listen to the heart with a stethoscope. |
| string |
a thin cord or wire on a musical instrument that makes a sound when plucked or played with a bow. [1/9 definitions] |
| stringed instrument |
any musical instrument that is sounded by bowing, plucking, or strumming the strings. Violins, guitars, and zithers are some stringed instruments. |
| telescope |
an instrument that uses lenses and sometimes mirrors to make distant objects appear larger. |
| tenor |
an instrument, such as a saxophone, with this kind of range. [1/3 definitions] |
| thermometer |
an instrument for measuring temperature. Some thermometers are made of a closed glass tube containing mercury or alcohol that rises or falls as the temperature rises or falls. |
| tool |
an instrument that is usually held with the hands and helps one to do something. [2/3 definitions] |
| treble |
of, having to do with, or having the highest musical part, voice, range, or instrument. [2 definitions] |
| triangle |
something that looks like a triangle. One type of triangle is a musical instrument made of a bent metal rod that is struck by another rod to make a sound like a bell. [1/2 definitions] |
| trill |
a trembling or quivering sound made by a singing voice or a musical instrument. [1/3 definitions] |
| trombone |
a brass wind instrument. The trombone is a long tube bent in two loops that ends in a bell shape. It is played with valves or a slide that moves to change tones. |
| trumpet |
a brass wind instrument. Trumpets have three valves on a looped tube that ends in a bell shape. Trumpets produce bright, strong, piercing tones. Wind instruments made out of other materials that have a similar shape or sound to a trumpet can also be called a trumpet. [1/4 definitions] |
| tuba |
a large, brass wind instrument with a wide bell that produces deep, full tones. |
| tune |
to adjust a musical instrument so that it has proper musical pitch. [1/5 definitions] |