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Definition bassoon in American English

bassoon noun

[countable] noun
/bəˈsun/
1

a musical instrument consisting of a long wooden tube that you hold upright and play by blowing into a thin metal pipe that holds a double reed. It can produce very low sounds. A bassoon is a woodwind instrument. Someone who plays the bassoon is called a bassoonist.

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Definition bassoon in American English