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| bas·soon [ bə sn, ba sn ] (plural bas·soons) |
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low-pitched woodwind instrument: a low-pitched double-reed instrument of the oboe family. Its wooden body is a long U-shaped tube, attached to the mouthpiece by means of a thin metal pipe.
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| [Early 18th century. Via French< Italian bassone "large bass" < basso (see basso)] |
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 bas·soon·ist noun |
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