Embouchure

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /É’m.bʊˈʃʊə/
• US IPA: /ˈɑm.bÉ™.ʃɚ/

Origin

From French embouchure, from emboucher.

Full definition of embouchure

Noun

1. (music) The shape of the mouth and lips when playing a wind instrument.
• 1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.:you could see the twin lines running down from either side of his lower lip, etched in by the force of his embouchure, looking like extensions of his mustache.----