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musical
     1. adj. Of or relating to music.
     2. adj. Gifted or skilled in music.
     3. adj. Pleasing to the ear.
           Her voice had a musical quality.
     4. adj. Pertaining to a class of games in which players move while music plays, but have to take a fixed position when it stops; by extension, any situation where people repeatedly change positions.
     5. n. A stage performance, show or film that involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.
instruments
     1. n. plural of instrument
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of instrument
     instrument
          1. n. A device used to produce music.
                The violinist was a master of her instrument.
          2. n. A means or agency for achieving an effect.
          3. n. A measuring or displaying device.
                The instrument detected an increase in radioactivity.
          4. n. A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
                The dentist set down his tray of instruments.
                The scientist recorded the temperature with a thermometer but wished he had a more accurate instrument.
          5. n. (legal) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
                A bond indenture is the instrument that gives a bond its value.
                Negotiable instruments are the foundation of the debt markets.
          6. n. (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
          7. v. To apply measuring devices.
          8. v. To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
          9. v. To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.
                a sonata instrumented for orchestra
colloquial
     1. adj. (linguistics) Denoting a manner of speaking or writing that is characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal.
     2. adj. Of or pertaining to a conversation; conversational or chatty.
     3. n. A colloquial word or phrase, colloquialism
a
     1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
           There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
     2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
           I've seen it happen a hundred times.
     3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
           We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
     4. art. The same; one.
           We are of a mind on matters of morals.
     5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
           A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
           He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
     6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
     7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
           The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
     8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
           Stand a tiptoe.
     9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
           Torn a pieces.
     10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
           I brush my teeth twice a day.
     11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
     12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
           A God’s name.
     13. prep. To do with status; In.
           King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
             To set the people a worke.
     14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
           1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
             The times, they are a-changin'.
     15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
           1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
             Jacob, when he was a dying
     16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
     17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
           I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
     18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
     19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
     20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
           The name of John a Gaunt.
     21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
     22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
recorder
     1. n. An apparatus for recording; a device which records.
     2. n. Agent noun of record; one who records.
     3. n. A judge in a municipal court.
     4. n. (musical instrument) A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.
also
     1. adv. (conjunctive, focus) In addition; besides; as well; further; too.
           They had porridge for breakfast, and also toast.
     2. adv. (obsolete) To the same degree or extent; so, as.
a
     1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
           There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
     2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
           I've seen it happen a hundred times.
     3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
           We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
     4. art. The same; one.
           We are of a mind on matters of morals.
     5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
           A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
           He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
     6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
     7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
           The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
     8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
           Stand a tiptoe.
     9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
           Torn a pieces.
     10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
           I brush my teeth twice a day.
     11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
     12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
           A God’s name.
     13. prep. To do with status; In.
           King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
             To set the people a worke.
     14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
           1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
             The times, they are a-changin'.
     15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
           1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
             Jacob, when he was a dying
     16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
     17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
           I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
     18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
     19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
     20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
           The name of John a Gaunt.
     21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
     22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
woodwind
     1. n. (musical instruments) Any (typically wooden) musical instrument that produces sound by the player blowing into it, through a reed, or across an opening. Woodwind instruments include the recorder, flut
instrument
     1. n. A device used to produce music.
           The violinist was a master of her instrument.
     2. n. A means or agency for achieving an effect.
     3. n. A measuring or displaying device.
           The instrument detected an increase in radioactivity.
     4. n. A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
           The dentist set down his tray of instruments.
           The scientist recorded the temperature with a thermometer but wished he had a more accurate instrument.
     5. n. (legal) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
           A bond indenture is the instrument that gives a bond its value.
           Negotiable instruments are the foundation of the debt markets.
     6. n. (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
     7. v. To apply measuring devices.
     8. v. To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
     9. v. To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.
           a sonata instrumented for orchestra
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