bas‧soon /bəˈsuːn/
noun [countable][
Date: 1700-1800;
Language: French;
Origin: basson, from Italian bassone, from basso, from Medieval Latin bassus; ⇒ base3]
a musical instrument like a very long wooden tube, that produces a low sound. You hold it upright and play it by blowing into a thin curved metal pipe.
—bassoonist noun [countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲