bassoon
(bəsuːn )
Word forms: bassoons
variable noun
A bassoon is a large musical instrument of the woodwind family that is shaped like a tube and played by blowing into a curved metal pipe.
He has taken up the bassoon.
Image of bassoon
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Collocations:
play the bassoon
Born in 1957, the son of two designers, he went to music college, where he played the bassoon.
Times, Sunday Times
I was also spending a lot of time playing the bassoon, which would have been less embarrassing if it were a euphemism.
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I played the bassoon to a semi-professional standard, but sadly this has fallen away.
Times,Sunday Times
In the fourth grade, he began playing the bassoon, an instrument that appealed to him because of its mechanical nature.
Globe and Mail
He can be seen playing the bassoon in the opening sequence of the show.
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Translations:
Chinese: 巴松管
Japanese: ファゴット
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