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Tuba

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Noun

1. bass horn, sousaphone, tuba

the lowest brass wind instrument

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Tuba

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noun plural -bas or -bae (-biː)
1. Also called: bass horn
a valved brass instrument of bass pitch, in which the bell points upwards and the mouthpiece projects at right angles. The tube is of conical bore and the mouthpiece cup-shaped
2. 
any other bass brass instrument such as the euphonium, helicon, etc
3. 
a powerful reed stop on an organ
4. 
a form of trumpet of ancient Rome

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Tuba

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nounWord forms: plural ˈtubas or ˈtubae (ˈtubi ; to̅oˈbē; ˈtjubi ; tyo̅oˈbē)
1. 
in ancient Rome, a straight war trumpet
2. 
any of a group of brass instruments with a conical bore and three to five valves, esp. the large contrabass member

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Tuba

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n.
1. A large, valved, brass instrument with a bass pitch.
2. A reed stop in an organ, having eight-foot pitch.

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