■ noun a brass instrument with valves and a funnel-shaped mouthpiece, used mainly in military and brass bands.
Origin
from the name of the Belgian instrument-makers Charles J. Sax and his son Antoine-Joseph ‘Adolphe’ Sax + horn .
■ noun a brass instrument with valves and a funnel-shaped mouthpiece, used mainly in military and brass bands.
Origin
from the name of the Belgian instrument-makers Charles J. Sax and his son Antoine-Joseph ‘Adolphe’ Sax + horn .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004