- a musical wind instrument of the group comprising the flutes, clarinets, oboes, bassoons, and occasionally, the saxophones.
- the section of an orchestra or band comprising the woodwind instruments.
- of, relating to, or composed of woodwinds.
- of, relating to, or denoting a type of wind instrument, excluding the brass instruments, formerly made of wood but now often made of metal, such as the flute or clarinet
- woodwind instruments collectively
