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Trb.

Trb. is the abbreviation of trombone.

Meaning of trombone

Noun

trombone (plural trombones or tromboni)

  1. A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B♭ˌ (contra B♭).
    • Jim plays the trombone very well.
  2. The common European bittern.
  3. A kind of extendable support for attaching lighting elements to a set.
    • The trombone […] permits an instrument to be positioned over a studio set wall, enabling the set wall to support the weight of the instrument.1983, Alan Wurtzel, Television Production, page 131

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Forms of Trb.

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Questions about Trb.

What is Trb. the abbreviation of?
Trb. is the abbreviation of trombone.

Words near Trb. in the dictionary

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Trb. (page history and authors); trombone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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