bassoon

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a large double-reed woodwind instrument with a long folded tube, typically playing in the tenor and bass registers

   The bassoon introduced the melody with a dry, resonant tone.

2. 2
   noun

   a bassoon player or the bassoon part of an orchestra, by metonymy

   The principal bassoon answered the oboe's phrase.

Common collocations

• double bassoon Adjective + noun

Borrowed from French basson, from Italian bassone, an augmentative of basso, 'bass or low.' The name refers to the instrument's low register; the modern bassoon developed from earlier folded-bore double-reed instruments such as the dulcian.

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