tuba — meaning in English

English meaning

• tuba noun A large brass instrument, usually the lowest-pitched in the brass section, played by buzzing the lips into a mouthpiece and pressing valves.
• tube noun A hollow cylinder used to carry liquid, gas, or other material.

Senses

tuba is used for these senses in English:

• 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

1. noun A large brass instrument, usually the lowest-pitched in the brass section, played by buzzing the lips into a mouthpiece and pressing valves.
2. noun A reed stop on a pipe organ that imitates the sound of the brass instrument.

tube — full definition

1. noun A hollow cylinder used to carry liquid, gas, or other material.
2. noun (informal, chiefly British) The London Underground railway system.
3. verb To fit or enclose something in a tube, or to float down a river on an inflated inner tube for fun.

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