0 an object, such as a piano, guitar, or drum, that is played to produce musical sounds:
Which instrument do you play?
1 a tool or other device, especially one without electrical power, used for performing a particular piece of work:
surgical instruments
instruments of torture
The man's injuries had obviously been caused by a blunt instrument.
the instrument panel
The lightning had damaged the plane's instruments, and they weren't giving any readings.
He saw the theatre as an instrument of change - a way of forcing people to consider social and political issues.
2 a type of investment in a company or in government debt that can be traded on the financial markets:
They trade in the debt instruments of developing countries.
increasingly complex financial instruments
3 an object, such as a piano, guitar, or flute, which is played to produce musical sounds:
4 a tool or other device used for doing a particular piece of work:
surgical instruments
5 a financial asset that can be bought or sold, such as a bond, share, or other security :
6 a tool, especially one without electrical power, used for performing a particular piece of work:
surgical/precision/optical instrument The first optical instruments were telescopes.
7 a piece of equipment used for measuring speed, height, etc. in vehicles, especially aircraft:
flight instruments
When a piece of music is recorded, each instrument is recorded separately on a 24- or 48-track tape.
If you want to learn to play a musical instrument, it might be a good idea to begin on something simple.
This wooden instrument is the ancestor of the modern metal flute.
The main instruments are in the centre of the control panel.
The doctor used a sharp instrument to dig a piece of glass out of my finger.
Lewis estimates that 40 to 80 percent of dentists actually autoclave their instruments as they should.
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