Definition of 'tuba'
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tuba in British English
nounWord forms: plural -bas or -bae (-biː)
1. Also called: bass horn
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Latin
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tuba in American English
nounWord forms: plural ˈtubas or ˈtubae (ˈtubi
; ˈtjubi
)
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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Word origin
L, a trumpet
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an obsolete woodwind instrument of the clarinet family
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a percussion instrument of indefinite pitch, consisting of a metal platelike disc struck with a soft-headed drumstick
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a percussion instrument, such as a cymbal or xylophone, made of naturally sonorous material
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a three-valved brass instrument of the trumpet family. Written range: about two and a half octaves upwards from E below middle C. It is a transposing instrument in B flat or A
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a type of bagpipe with a bellows popular in France during the 17th and 18th centuries
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