Associations to the word «Helicon»

Wiktionary

HELICON, noun. (music) A large tuba whose coils fit around the player's shoulders.

Dictionary definition

HELICON, noun. A tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky