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Tuba   Listen
noun
Tuba  n.  (Mus.)
(a)
An ancient trumpet.
(b)
A sax-tuba. See Sax-tuba.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Tuba" Quotes from Famous Books



... high head upon which stood quill-like hair; when he smiled, his little lunar eyes closed completely, and his vast mouth opened—a trap filled with white blocks of polished bone; when he laughed, it sounded like a snorting tuba.... Nature had hesitated whether to endow him with the profile of Punch or Napoleon. He was dark, not in the least dangerous, and a native of Russia, though long a resident of Balak. Pobloff's wife dusted the music on the ...
— Melomaniacs • James Huneker



Words linked to "Tuba" :   euphonium, helicon, brass instrument, bombardon, sousaphone, tuba root, bass horn



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