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tuba Definition


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tuba
noun tubas
    1. A type of bass brass musical wind instrument that has three to five valves, a mouthpiece set at right angles, a conical bore and a wide bell that points upward.
    2. Someone who plays this instrument, especially in an orchestra.
      Example: The tubas stood up
Etymology: 19c: Latin and Italian tuba, originally the name for a straight Roman war trumpet.



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