trombone

Meaning

Noun

1. A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B♭ˌ (contra B♭).
2. The common European bittern.
3. A kind of extendable support for attaching lighting elements to a set.

Verb

1. To transmit a signal or data back to a central switching point before sending it out to its destination.
2. (slang, transitive) To extend and retract (the zoom lens); to use it too enthusiastically.

Synonyms

sackbut

trumpet

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Translations

trombone

Posaune

trombón

trombone

trombone

trombó

trombone

schuiftrompet

τρομπόνι

trombon

trompette

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bazuin

tromba

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tromboniste

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌtɹɒmˈbəʊn/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian trombone, from tromba (“trumpet”) + -one (augmentative), literally “large trumpet”.
The telecommunications sense alludes to the shape of the musical instrument.