the lowest brass wind instrument
"The tuba player struggled to keep up with the rest of the band as he tried to produce the deep, resonant notes required for the opening chorus."
A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.
"The marching band director asked which player was holding the actual tuba versus the euphonium."
A Malayan plant whose roots are a significant source of rotenone, Derris malaccensis.
A reddish palm wine made from coconut or nipa sap.
A tube or tubular organ.
Abbreviation of bass tuba.
The word "tuba" was borrowed in the 19th century from French, German, and Italian forms that originally meant "bass tuba." It comes from the Latin tuba, meaning "tube," "trumpet," or "military trumpet," which may be related to tibia.