n. 1. A brass instrument resembling a tuba but with a lower pitch; a bass or contrabass tuba. 2. A 16- or 32-foot reed stop on an organ. [French, from Italian bombardone, augmentative of bombardo, alteration of bombarda, bombard, from Medieval Latin; see BOMBARD.] |
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