bocal

Meaning

  1. A curved, tapered metal tube which connects the reed of several double reed woodwind instruments (such as the cor anglais, bassoon, and contrabassoon) to the rest of the instrument.
  2. A cylindrical glass vessel with a short wide neck.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈboʊkəl/
Etymology

Borrowed from French bocal. Doublet of boccale and pokal.

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