'Bassoon' definitions:
Definition of 'bassoon'
(from WordNet)
noun
A double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family
Definition of 'Bassoon'
From: GCIDE
- Bassoon \Bas*soon"\, n. [F. basson, fr. basse bass; or perh. fr. bas son low sound. See Bass a part in music. ] (Mus.) A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Its compass comprehends three octaves. For convenience of carriage it is divided into two parts; whence it is also called a fagot. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bassoon'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aulos,
- basset horn,
- basset oboe,
- block flute,
- bombard,
- bourdon,
- cello,
- claribel,
- clarinet,
- clarion,
- concert flute,
- contrabassoon,
- contrafagotto,
- cornet,
- cornopean,
- cromorna,
- cromorne,
- cymbel,
- diapason,
- double bassoon,
- double reed,
- dulciana,
- English horn,
- fife,
- fipple flute,
- flageolet,
- flute,
- flute stop,
- foundation stop,
- fourniture,
- gamba,
- gedeckt,
- gemshorn,
- harmonic flute,
- hautboy,
- heckelphone,
- hornpipe,
- hybrid stop,
- koppel flute,
- larigot,
- licorice stick,
- melodia,
- mixture,
- musette,
- mutation stop,
- nazard,
- oaten reed,
- oboe,
- oboe da caccia,
- ocarina,
- octave,
- organ stop,
- Pandean pipe,
- panpipe,
- penny-whistle,
- piccolo,
- pipe,
- plein jeu,
- pommer,
- posaune,
- principal,
- quint,
- quintaten,
- rank,
- ranket,
- recorder,
- reed,
- reed instrument,
- reed stop,
- register,
- rohr flute,
- sax,
- saxophone,
- sesquialtera,
- shawm,
- single reed,
- single-reed instrument,
- sonorophone,
- spitz flute,
- stop,
- stopped diapason,
- stopped flute,
- string diapason,
- string stop,
- sweet potato,
- syrinx,
- tabor pipe,
- tenoroon,
- tierce,
- tin-whistle,
- tremolo,
- trombone,
- trumpet,
- twelfth,
- unda maris,
- vibrato,
- viola,
- voix celeste,
- vox angelica,
- vox humana,
- whistle,
- woods,
- woodwind,
- woodwind choir,
- woodwind instrument