BASSOON


Meaning of BASSOON in English

— bassoonist , n.

/ba soohn", beuh-/ , n.

a large woodwind instrument of low range, with a doubled tube and a curved metal crook to which a double reed is attached.

[ 1720-30; basson bassone ( bass ( o ) low (see BASE 2 ) + -one aug. suffix) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .