bər 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
1855–60; < Italian bombardone wind instrument, equivalent to bombard(o) an oboelike instrument, orig., mortar (see bombard) + -one augmentative suffix
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| —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 | |
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