CONTRABASS


Meaning of CONTRABASS in English

I. ˈkän-trə-ˌbās noun

Etymology: Italian contrabbasso, from contra- + basso bass

Date: 1813

: double bass

• con·tra·bass·ist -ˌbā-sist noun

II. adjective

: pitched lower than a bass instrument of the same type

a contrabass clarinet

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