Usually means: Circular tuba used in bands.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word Helicon:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. Helicon, helicon: Merriam-Webster
  2. helicon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Helicon, helicon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. helicon: Collins English Dictionary
  5. helicon: Vocabulary.com
  6. Helicon, helicon: Wordnik
  7. Helicon, helicon: Wiktionary
  8. helicon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. helicon: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Helicon, helicon: Dictionary.com
  11. Helicon: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Helicon (crater), Helicon (instrument), Helicon (musical instrument), Helicon (physics), Helicon (record label), Helicon (river), Helicon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Helicon: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. helicon: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. helicon: Rhymezone
  16. Helicon: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. Helicon: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  18. helicon: FreeDictionary.org
  19. helicon: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  20. helicon: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. Helicon: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. Helicon: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. HELICON: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Helicon (disambiguation), helicon: Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Helicon)

▸ noun:  (music) A large tuba whose coils fit around the player's shoulders.
▸ noun:  (physics) A low-frequency electromagnetic wave observed in various plasmas.
▸ noun:  A mountain of Boeotia sacred to Apollo and the Muses.

Similar:
bombardon, heliconist, organ harmonium, harmonicon, hydraulicon, heel, harmonium, post horn, helibus, hosaphone, more...

Phrases:
Mount Helicon, more...

Adjectives:
true, holy, ancient, genuine, pure, lovely, sacred, old, aureate, higher, transalpine


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Similar:
bombardon, heliconist, organ harmonium, harmonicon, hydraulicon, heel, harmonium, post horn, helibus, hosaphone, more...

Phrases:
Mount Helicon, more...

Adjectives:
true, holy, ancient, genuine, pure, lovely, sacred, old, aureate, higher, transalpine



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