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Bassoon

//bəˈsuːn// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A musical instrument in the woodwind family, having a double reed and playing in the tenor and bass ranges.

    "Higher and higher every day, / Till over the mast at noon— / The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, / For he heard the loud bassoon."

  2. 2
    a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To play the bassoon.
  2. 2
    To make a bassoon-like sound.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French basson.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French basson.

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