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bassoons

/bəˈsuːnz/

bassoons is the plural of bassoon.

bassoons is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bassoon.

Meaning of bassoon

Noun

bassoon (plural bassoons)

  1. A musical instrument in the woodwind family, having a double reed and playing in the tenor and bass ranges.
    • Higher and higher every day, / Till over the mast at noon— / The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, / For he heard the loud bassoon.1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
    Synonyms:
    fagotto

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Questions about bassoons

What is bassoons the plural of?
Bassoons is the plural of bassoon.
How do you pronounce bassoons?
Bassoons is pronounced /bəˈsuːnz/.

Words near bassoons in the dictionary

  1. bassooner
  2. bassooners
  3. bassooning
  4. bassoonist
  5. bassoonists
  6. bassoons
  7. Bassora
  8. Bassorah
  9. bassorin
  10. bassorine
  11. bassorins

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