BOMBARDON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bombardon mean? 

• BOMBARDON (noun)
  The noun BOMBARDON has 2 senses:

1. a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician

2. a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family

  Familiarity information: BOMBARDON used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOMBARDON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bombardon; helicon

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

bass horn; sousaphone; tuba (the lowest brass wind instrument)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bombard; bombardon

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

bass (the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments)

shawm (a medieval oboe)