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[ʃɔːm], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a medieval and Renaissance wind instrument, forerunner of the oboe, with a double reed enclosed in a wooden mouthpiece, and having a penetrating tone
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Origin
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Middle English: from Old French chalemel, via Latin from Greek kalamos ‘reed’
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