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tu·ba I. \ˈtübə\ noun (-s) Etymology: Arabic ṭūbā blessed (found in Koran 13:28 and interpreted by various commentators as meaning a tree), from Aramaic, goodness : a mythical tree believed to grow in the Muslim paradise II. \ˈt(y)übə\ noun (-s ; see sense 2) Etymology: Italian, from Latin, trumpet — more at tube 1. : a large low-pitched member of the bugle or saxhorn family of brass wind instruments having a conical bore and a cup-shaped mouthpiece and typically made to be held upright but in the largest sizes often made to encircle the player's body for easier carrying in marching bands — compare helicon, sousaphone 2. plural usually tu·bae \-üˌbē\ : a straight bronze trumpet of the ancient Romans 3. : a powerful organ reed stop of 8-foot pitch 4. : a high-powered radar transmitter used to jam enemy radar III. \ˈtübə\ noun (-s) Etymology: Tagalog tubâ 1. : any of various plants (as a derris or the physic nut) whose sap, bark, or seeds yield toxic substances used especially in Malaysia and the Philippines as fish poisons; also : one of these toxic substances 2. a. : the usually fermented sap of a palm (as a nipa or coconut palm) that is used especially in the Philippines in the distillation of alcohol and is the source of beno : toddy 1 b. : beno IV. noun (plural tuba or tubas) Usage: usually capitalized : one of the tatarized Samoyed |