add. ·noun the lowest stringed instrument of the violin family.
2. contrabass ·noun 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.
add. ·noun the lowest stringed instrument of the violin family.
2. contrabass ·noun 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.
Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012