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Meaning of CONTRABASS

Pronunciation:  'kântru`beys

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  largest and lowest member of the violin family
  2. [adj]  pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range; "contrabass or double-bass clarinet"
 

CONTRABASS is a 10 letter word that starts with C.

 

 Synonyms: bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass, double-bass, low, low-pitched, string bass
 
 See Also: bass, bowed stringed instrument, string

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Con`tra*bass"\, n. (Mus.)
    Double bass; -- applied to any instrument of the same deep
    range as the stringed double bass; as, the contrabass
    ophicleide; the contrabass tuba or bombardon.
    
    
  2. \Con`tra*bass"\, n. (Mus.)
    The lowest stringed instrument of the violin family.
    
    
 

 

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