The Clue
Contrabassoons, e.g. (5 letter answer)
The Answer
OBOES
Tags
Notes
The answer OBOES is seen frequently, appearing about once every 170 puzzles.
Related Clues
Hautboys
Heckelphones
Woodwinds
Bassoon relatives
Blown winds
Certain winds
Chinese horns
Cousins of bassoons
Cousins of musettes
Double reeds
Handheld instruments
Heckelphone cousins
Orchestra group
Orchestra section
Orchestra woodwinds
Reed instruments
Shawm's descendants
Shawms' successors
Slender woodwinds
Some reeds
Some winds
Some woodwinds
Tubular instruments
Wind instruments
Wind section
Winds in a pit
Woodwind section
Bassoon's smaller cousins
Double-reed instruments
Duo in a typical symphony
Easy-to-carry instruments
English horn relatives
Kin of English horns
Cousins of clarinets
Violas' neighbors in an orchestra
Ducks, in "Peter and the Wolf" productions
Instruments used in orchestra tuning
It means "high woods"
Pair in an average-sized orchestra
Some are made of rosewood
Definition
OBOE as a noun:
1. (oboe, hautboy, hautbois) = a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece