ту́ба — meaning in English
tuba
Bulgarian → English · translate English → Bulgarian instead
English meaning
Senses
ту́ба is used for these senses in English:
- jerrycan A robust container for fuel or water, of a certain more or less rectangular shape, often made from pressed steel.
- tuba 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.
- tube An approximately cylindrical container, usually with a crimped end and a screw top, used to contain and dispense semiliquid substances.
tuba — full definition
- noun A large brass instrument, usually the lowest-pitched in the brass section, played by buzzing the lips into a mouthpiece and pressing valves.
- noun A reed stop on a pipe organ that imitates the sound of the brass instrument.
tube — full definition
- noun A hollow cylinder used to carry liquid, gas, or other material.
- noun (informal, chiefly British) The London Underground railway system.
- verb To fit or enclose something in a tube, or to float down a river on an inflated inner tube for fun.