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Definition of instrumental noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

instrumental

noun

NAmE//ˌɪnstrəˈmɛntl//

1a piece of music (usually popular music) in which only musical instruments are used, with no singing

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2(grammar) (in some languages) the form of a noun, pronoun, or adjective when it refers to a thing that is used to do something

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