Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A cylindrical glass vessel with a short, wide neck and large mouth, used to contain anatomical specimens and the like, preserved in spirits.
- n. The mouthpiece of a brass musical instrument, as a horn, a trumpet, or a trombone.
Wiktionary
- n. 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
- n. A cylindrical glass vessel, with a large and short neck.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A cylindrical glass vessel, with a large and short neck.
Etymologies
- French (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Now, given that high-school band instruments have been around since roughly the time of the ancient Sumerians ( "I don't care who your father is, Ur-Nungal, I will bump you to fifth clarinet if you don't sit up") without any evidence of major bocal-induced pandemics, one might ask why Rep. Donato is suddenly concerned about this now.”
“It's the word Celine used to refer to Sartre in l'Agité du bocal.”
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“The ensemble includes a lasso d'amore--one of those ridged plastic tubes you whirl around your head, the pitch depending on how fast--and a tromboon, a slide trombone fitted with a bassoon bocal.”
“But that doesn't stop us from savoring the latest bocal de bonheur, * and toasting to la petite voisine Janine.”
“I've read the score but never heard the piece, which also uses tromboon, a slide trombone fitted with a bassoon bocal and reed.”
“Tu peux mettre des marrons, des champignons (cèpes ou morilles, on en trouve en bocal séché).”
“But that doesn't stop us from savoring the latest bocal de bonheur,* and toasting to la petite voisine Janine.”
“Tu peux mettre des marrons, des champignons cèpes ou morilles, on en trouve en bocal séché.”
“Why burn these harmless useful creatures alive instead of returning them to their bocal à”
“* French: "Il est félé du bocal" - His fishbowl is cracked; he's crazy.”
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