Associations to the word «Sousaphone»

Wiktionary

SOUSAPHONE, noun. (musical instruments) A valved brass instrument with the same length as a tuba, but shaped differently so that the bell is above the head, that the valves are situated directly in front of the musical instruments and a few inches above the waist, and that most of the weight rests on one shoulder.

Dictionary definition

SOUSAPHONE, noun. The lowest brass wind instrument.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats