Tuba meaning

to͝o'bə, tyo͝o'-
A large, valved, brass instrument with a bass pitch.
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A reed stop in an organ, having eight-foot pitch.
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In ancient Rome, a straight war trumpet.
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Any of a group of brass instruments with a conical bore and three to five valves, esp. the large contrabass member.
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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.
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Origin of tuba

  • Italian from Latin trumpet tubus tube
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Latin tuba (“tube, trumpet").
    From Wiktionary

Tuba Sentence Examples

  • The inhabitants grow hemp, Indian corn, coffee, sibucao, cacao, cocoanuts (for copra) and sugar, weave rough fabrics and manufacture tuba (a kind of wine used as a stimulant), clay pots and jars, salt and soap. There is some fishing here.

  • He has also played tuba with many of the world's leading symphony orchestras.

  • The bombardon is used in the military bands of Austria, but in those of Germany it has been superseded by a bass tuba differing slightly in form and construction from the bombardons and bass tubas used in England, France, Belgium and Austria.

  • One portion of the tribe emigrated to China and was there exterminated; the remainder have disappeared among the Tuba Tatars and the Soyotes.

  • tuba player: Did you hear my last recital?

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