SOUSAPHONE
Dictionary entry overview: What does sousaphone mean? • SOUSAPHONE (noun)
The noun SOUSAPHONE has 1 sense:
1. the lowest brass wind instrument
Familiarity information: SOUSAPHONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SOUSAPHONE (noun)
Meaning:
The lowest brass wind instrument
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
bass horn; sousaphone; tuba
Hypernyms ("sousaphone" is a kind of...):
bass (the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments)
brass; brass instrument (a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sousaphone"):
euphonium (a bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family)
bombardon; helicon (a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician)
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