how to pronounce tuba

/ˈtʃuː.bə/

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tuba is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of tuba in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… had actually identified the tuba closest …”

meaning of tuba

A tuba is a musical instrument that is part of the brass family.

tuba frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word tuba occurs in english on average 0.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics tuba can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that tuba can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;