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contrabass
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun contrabass has 1 sense
- contrabass(n = noun.artifact) bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass, string bass - largest and lowest member of the violin family; Array is a kind of bass, bowed stringed instrument, string
Adjective contrabass has 1 sense
- contrabass(s = adj.all) double-bass - pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range; "contrabass or double-bass clarinet"
CIDE DICTIONARY
contrabass, n.
The lowest stringed instrument of the violin family; the double bass; -- also applied to any instrument of the same deep range as the stringed double bass; as, the contrabass ophicleide; the contrabass tuba or bombardon. [1913 Webster]
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