| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| bombardon |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bom·bar·don |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b m b r-dn , bm-bärdn |
| NOUN: | 1. A brass instrument resembling a tuba but with a lower pitch; a bass or contrabass tuba. 2. A 16- or 32-foot reed stop on an organ. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Italian bombardone, augmentative of bombardo, alteration of bombarda, bombard, from Medieval Latin. See bombard.
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