ˈkän.trə+ noun
( -s )
Etymology: German kontraposaune, from kontra- contra- (from Latin contra- ) + posaune trombone — more at posaune
: a powerful reed organ stop sounding an octave or sometimes two octaves lower than the ordinary posaune
ˈkän.trə+ noun
( -s )
Etymology: German kontraposaune, from kontra- contra- (from Latin contra- ) + posaune trombone — more at posaune
: a powerful reed organ stop sounding an octave or sometimes two octaves lower than the ordinary posaune
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012