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Definition of bassoon noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

picture of a bassoon

bassoon

noun

bassoon pronunciation English

bəˈsuːn

bassoon pronunciation American

bəˈsuːn

a musical instrument of the woodwind group. It is shaped like a large wooden tube with a double reed that you blow into, and produces notes with a low sound.