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bas·soon

bassoon

 
pronunciation:
b sun
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part of speech: noun
definition: a large low-pitched woodwind instrument consisting of a long doubled wooden tube fitted with a slender curved metal tube that terminates in a double-reed mouthpiece.
 
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derivation: bassoonist (n.)
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