EGAVE

tuba

About 0.31 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.
  2. noun A large reed stop in organs.
  3. noun A tube or tubular organ.
  4. noun A type of Roman military trumpet, distinct from the modern tuba.
  5. noun A Malayan plant whose roots are a significant source of rotenone, Derris malaccensis.
  6. noun A reddish palm wine made from coconut or nipa sap.

Similar words

sousaphone bass horn room tambura tupan tabla toubeleki banjo tamboura kubing

Often followed by

city and player in is mirum or players was

Word family

tubae tubaist tubaists tubas tubist tubists

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