tuba

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: tu=ba

CIDE DICTIONARY

tuba, n. [L., trumpet.].

 An ancient trumpet.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tuba, n. (pl. tubas)
1 a a low-pitched brass wind instrument. b its player.
2 an organ stop with the quality of a tuba.

Etymology

It. f. L, = trumpet

THESAURUS

tuba

alpenhorn, alphorn, althorn, alto horn, ballad horn, baritone, bass horn, brass choir, brass wind, brass-wind instrument, brasses, bugle, bugle horn, clarion, cornet, cornet-a-pistons, corno di caccia, cornopean, double-bell euphonium, euphonium, helicon, horn, hunting horn, key trumpet, lituus, lur, mellophone, ophicleide, orchestral horn, pocket trumpet, post horn, sackbut, saxhorn, saxtuba, serpent, slide trombone, sliphorn, sousaphone, tenor tuba, tromba, trombone, trumpet, valve trombone, valve trumpet