tuba

noun

tu·ba | \ ˈtü-bə

, ˈtyü- \

Definition of tuba

: a large low-pitched brass instrument usually oval in shape and having a conical tube, a cup-shaped mouthpiece, and a usual range an octave lower than that of the euphonium

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Recent Examples on the Web Both of Northcut’s parents perform in the orchestra; his father plays the tuba and his mother plays the flute. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 May 2022 The second oldest, Frankie, 18, is interested in playing instruments, especially the tuba. — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 9 May 2022 One of the retirees, tuba player Steve Perry, is performing this weekend. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 May 2022 Then, the trumpet solos began and a tuba pumped the bass. — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 16 Apr. 2022 Cox made an expansive landscape, rich with color and depth — a special shout-out to Stephen Dumaine, whose steady tuba was the glue. — Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2022 Monday morning, a man in a top hat with a sparkling white tuba posted up on the corner near where six people were fatally gunned down and a dozen were wounded over the weekend. — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2022 There were tuba players, tap-dancers and harmonica players. — Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2022 The pep band, which usually numbers in single digits, was filled with drummers, saxophonists and tuba players adorned in baby blue Hawaiian shirts. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2022 See More

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