Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A brass instrument resembling a tuba but with a lower pitch; a bass or contrabass tuba.
- noun A 16- or 32-foot reed stop on an organ.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large-sized musical instrument of the trumpet kind, in tone not unlike the ophicleide.
- noun The lowest of the sax-horns.
- noun Formerly, a bass reed-stop of the organ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
brass instrument , the bass version of thetuba . - noun A bass instrument of the
shawm family
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
- noun a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The euphonium and bombardon, the basses of the important family of saxhorns, now completely cover the ground of bass wind instrument music.
Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 Various
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The bombardon, or E flat tuba, has much richer lower notes.
Scientific American Supplement No. 819, September 12, 1891 Various
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The contra-bombardon man, we understand, also complains that his instrument is too tight round the chest.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 2, 1919 Various
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O'Hara wouldn't wake, so I just lifted him on board like a sack, tossed in his cornet and my bombardon, tumbled in on top of them, and started to row for dear life towards the ship's light in the offing.
The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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She seemed to me to walk nervously, as if brought up for punishment; and a thought took me -- and I shall be glad of it when I come to die -- that if they meant to ill-use her I might do worse than assault that venerable pair with my bombardon and end my adventures with credit.
The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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This was the old man who had listened to my performance on the bombardon.
The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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The visitor put out his hand, but as I offered him the bombardon he waved it aside impatiently and pointed to the cornet.
The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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I had left it, as you know, in the boat, and had heard no order given; but the boat I never saw again, and here was my bombardon.
The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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I believe he would have done it for the sake of the cornet; but before I had finished eating, up stepped a sentry escorting a man with my bombardon under his arm.
The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Jerry, with his battered bombardon in his hand, evidently on his way from the band-room to the sergeants 'quarters.
The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne George Manville Fenn 1870
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