Meaning

3 senses
  1. A brass instrument, the bass version of the tuba.

  2. A bass instrument of the shawm family

    a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family

  3. An organ pedal stop at 32' pitch which imitates the sound of the above mentioned instruments.

Origin

From French bombardon, from Italian bombardone.

From French bombardon, from Italian bombardone.

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Forms

plural: bombardons
Singularbombardon
Pluralbombardons

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family:bombard
  • a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician:helicon

Word family

1 related words
RelatedbombardB2

See also

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