BASSOON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bassoon mean? 

• BASSOON (noun)
  The noun BASSOON has 1 sense:

1. a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family

  Familiarity information: BASSOON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASSOON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bassoon" is a kind of...):

double-reed instrument; double reed (a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bassoon"):

contrabassoon; contrafagotto; double bassoon (the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family)

tenoroon (a tenor bassoon; pitched a fifth higher than the ordinary bassoon)

Derivation:

bassoonist (a musician who plays the bassoon)