tuba

Meaning

Noun

• 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.
• A type of Roman military trumpet, distinct from the modern tuba.
• A large reed stop in organs.
• A Malayan plant whose roots are a significant source of rotenone, Derris malaccensis (species).
• A reddish palm wine made from coconut or nipa sap.
• A tube or tubular organ.

Related

Similar words

• grunt-horn

Origin

• From Latin tuba ("tube, trumpet, military trumpet"), first borrowed as a historic term in the 18th century. The name of the modern instrument was borrowed in the 19th century from German Tuba ("tuba"), originally Baß-Tuba, from the same Latin source.
• Borrowed from Malay tuba.
• From Cebuano tuba
• Latin tuba