Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bombardon

2 senses of bombardon

Sense 1
helicon, bombardon -- (a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician)
       => bass horn, sousaphone, tuba -- (the lowest brass wind instrument)

Sense 2
bombardon, bombard -- (a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family)
       => shawm -- (a medieval oboe)
       => bass -- (the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments)