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bom-
bahr
-dn
]
bom·bar·don
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ˈbɒm
bər
dən
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bɒmˈbɑr
dn
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bom
-ber-d
uh
n
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bom-
bahr
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noun
1.
a bass reed stop on a pipe organ.
2.
a large, deep-toned, valved, brass wind instrument resembling a tuba.
Origin:
1855–60;
<
Italian
bombardone
wind instrument, equivalent to
bombard
(
o
) an oboelike instrument, orig., mortar (
see
bombard
) +
-one
augmentative suffix
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bombardon
(ˈbɒmbədən, bɒmˈbɑːd
ə
n)
—
n
1.
a brass instrument of the tuba type, similar to a sousaphone
2.
a 16-foot bass reed stop on an organ
[C19: from Italian
bombardone
; see
bombard
]
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