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noun A wind instrument in which sound is produced by the vibration of reeds in the mouthpiece, as a bassoon, clarinet, oboe, or saxophone, or by the passing of air across the mouthpiece, as a flute.
noun The section of a band or orchestra composed of woodwind instruments.
noun Woodwind instruments or their players considered as a group.

Rietz is said to be very careful with the orchestral rehearsals, taking the woodwind, the brass, and the strings separately. — Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 1
Adagio echoes both Mozart and Viotti, the woodwind work quite aerial and mellifluous, in the manner of a cassation or Mozart's D Minor Concerto, especially as the music breaks out suddenly in rapid triplets in a dark mode. — Audiophile Audition Headlines
"Pink Light" recalls William Basinski's minimalist-inspired sonic experiments with its short woodwind loops and slow sonic degradation. — SF Weekly | Complete Issue
Again, a considered tempo ties the long arch of the E-flat Symphony (32 October 1970) together, the ostinati and woodwind runs floating over a series of menacing, tympanic thuds. — Audiophile Audition Headlines
Right about this time of year, there's the background bass and rhythm of Canadas and other geese and mallards; the woodwind sounds of the mourning doves; the squeaky-toy sounds of the coots; the brassy, sometimes-weird and sometimes-pretty sounds from the redwings; and the whistling and warbling from finches and robins and all the rest.