bombardon, bombard
(noun) a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
helicon, bombardon
(noun) a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bombardon (plural bombardons)
(musical instrument) A brass instrument, the bass version of the tuba.
(musical instrument) A bass instrument of the shawm family
A organ pedal stop at 32' pitch which imitates the sound of the above mentioned instruments.
Source: Wiktionary
Bom*bar"do, Bom*bar"don, n. Etym: [It. bombardo.] (Mus.)
Definition: Originally, a deep-toned instrument of the oboe or bassoon family; thence, a bass reed stop on the organ. The name bombardon is now given to a brass instrument, the lowest of the saxhorns, in tone resembling the ophicleide. Grove.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
