Sound Effect ♬♬♬♬♬♬a musical instrument consisting of a long wooden tube that you hold upright and play by blowing into a thin metal pipe that holds a double reed. It can produce very low sounds. A bassoon is a woodwind instrument. Someone who plays the bassoon is called a bassoonist.
Synonyms and related words
Musical instruments
accordion
air guitar
baby grand
bassoon
noun countable
US /bəˈsun/
Other entries for this word
bassoon at woodwind
Word Forms
singular
bassoon
plural
bassoons
DEFINITIONS1
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Sound Effect ♬♬♬♬♬♬a musical instrument consisting of a long wooden tube that you hold upright and play by blowing into a thin metal pipe that holds a double reed. It can produce very low sounds. A bassoon is a woodwind instrument. Someone who plays the bassoon is called a bassoonist.