tuba
IPA: tˈubʌ
noun
- A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.
- A type of Roman military trumpet, distinct from the modern tuba.
- A large reed stop in organs.
- (anatomy) A tube or tubular organ.
- A Malayan plant whose roots are a significant source of rotenone, Derris malaccensis.
- A reddish palm wine made from coconut or nipa sap.
- (music) Abbreviation of bass tuba.
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Examples of "tuba" in Sentences
- It is called tuba, and is liked by all the soldiers.
- A cursed tuba from the Titanic is this episode’s Maguffin, plus Roxy and her succubi return.
- Or an entire band jammed in a phone booth to call the tuba player who had to stay at home with his lip in a cast.
- A tuba is a weak, puny thing fit only for mewling, puking babes and Guy Lombardo -- the better to harass balding, middle-aged dancers.
- Like the coco and following the same process the nipa yields a liquid also called tuba and possessing properties identical with those of the former plant.
- The poison which stupefies or even kills the fish, without making it unfit for food, is secured from the root of a plant called tuba and described to me as being a vine.
- In the interest of alcoholic comprehensiveness, "tuba" is also the Philippine name for fermented palm tree sap, which can either be made into a wine-like beverage or soured into vinegar.
- They steep the root of a certain climbing plant, called tuba, of strong narcotic qualities, in the water where the fish are observed, which produces such an effect that they become intoxicated and to appearance dead, float on the surface of the water, and are taken with the hand.
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