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# tuba

noun (a tuba, tubas)

«tuba» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A very large brass musical instrument with a wide bell, played by blowing into a mouthpiece; it makes the lowest notes in a brass band or orchestra. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuba/#m1)

### In the lessons

In music lessons the tuba is the biggest and lowest member of the brass family, along with the trumpet, trombone and French horn. It plays the "oom-pah" bass notes in marching bands. In stories a tuba often adds a funny or booming sound. Phrases: play the tuba, a tuba player.

### Examples

- The tuba plays the lowest notes in the brass band. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuba/#x1)
- My brother plays the tuba in the school orchestra. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuba/#x2)
- The tuba went "oom-pah, oom-pah". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuba/#x3)
- A tuba has a lot of tubing coiled up inside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuba/#x4)
- The tuba player marched at the back of the parade. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuba/#x5)
- It's hard to carry a tuba on the school bus! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuba/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a tuba, tubas. Say "play THE tuba" for instruments. Pronounced TYOO-ba (UK) or TOO-ba (US). A sousaphone is a kind of tuba that wraps round the player's body.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tuba» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tuba/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tuba» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tuba.html) on Mova free.