Clarinet Word Search
Clarinet, as a word search. 12 words drawn from its parts, its materials, and how it is played sit hidden in a 15×15 letter grid, running in every direction. Drag across a word to claim it, and clear the board to finish.
Words to find: BARREL, BELL, MOUTHPIECE, REED, KEYS, BORE, CORK, LIGATURE, UPPERJOINT, LOWERJOINT, GRENADILLA, EBONY.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
Clarinet word list, defined
- BARREL /ˈbærəl/ · noun
- A large cylindrical container with flat ends, traditionally made of wooden staves bound by metal hoops, used for storing and transporting liquids such as beer, wine, and oil; also a standard unit of measurement for crude oil equal to 42 US gallons. Related: cask, keg, drum, vat.
- BELL /bɛl/ · noun
- A hollow, usually cup-shaped metal instrument that rings with a clear tone when struck, typically by an internal clapper or external hammer. Also used figuratively for any bell-shaped object or a sound resembling a bell's ring. Related: chime, gong, carillon.
- MOUTHPIECE /maʊθpiːs/ · noun
- A person or thing through which someone expresses their opinions or ideas, or a device that holds a reed or mouthpiece of a musical instrument. Related: mouth, instrument, channel, medium.
- REED /riːd/ · noun, verb
- A type of tall, grass-like plant that grows in wet places, or a material made from it. To cut or trim something, especially hair, with scissors or a similar tool. Related: grass, cane, sedge, rush.
- KEYS /kiːz/ · noun, verb
- A key is a small object used to operate a lock. To key something means to make it suitable for a particular purpose. Related: key, access, unlock, open.
- BORE /bɔːr/ · verb, noun
- As a verb, to make a hole in something with a drill or rotating tool, or to cause weariness and impatience by being dull or tedious. As a noun, it denotes either such a drilled hole (especially the interior diameter of a cylinder or firearm barrel) or a person or thing that is tediously dull. Related: weary, tire, fatigue, dull.
- CORK /kɔːk/ (UK), /kɔːrk/ (US) · noun, verb
- As a noun, cork is the buoyant, elastic outer bark of the cork oak tree, used especially for bottle stoppers, floats, and insulation. As a verb, it means to seal or close something, especially a bottle, with a cork or similar stopper. Related: stopper, plug, bung, spile.
- LIGATURE /ˈlaɪɡətʃər/ · noun
- A character or symbol formed by the combination of two or more letters, such as the letter combination "ae" or "oe". In typography, a ligature is a special character that is used to join two or more letters together to make a single character. Related: character, symbol, glyph.
- GRENADILLA /ˌɡrɛnəˈdɪlə/ · noun
- A type of sweet, juicy fruit, also known as passionflower or maracuyá, with a purple exterior and a tropical flavor. Related: passionflower, maracuyá, passion fruit, sweet calabash.
- EBONY /ˈɛbəni/ · noun
- Ebony is a dense, hard, black heartwood from various tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, prized for furniture, musical instruments, and carving. It is also used as a color word meaning a deep lustrous black. Related: jet, obsidian, coal-black, pitch-black.
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