tuba (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *tuba*:
NOUN	artifact	tuba, bass horn, sousaphone	the lowest brass wind instrument

tuba > pronunciation
Sounds	tuw'bah
Rhymes	amoeba ... Yoruba: 29 rhymes with bah...

English > *tuba*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	The lowest brass wind instrument.
Synonyms	bass horn, sousaphone
Narrower	euphonium	A bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family
Narrower	helicon, bombardon	A tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician
Broader	bass	The member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments
Broader	brass, brass instrument	A wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
Spanish	sousafón, sousaphone, susáfono, tuba
Catalan	bombardó, sousaphone, tuba

HyperDic: tuba