contrabass

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contrabass - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Contrabass \Con`tra*bass"\, n. (Mus.)
     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 + Webster 1913 Suppl.]

contrabass - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  contrabass
      adj 1: pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal
             range; "contrabass or double-bass clarinet" [syn:
             contrabass, double-bass]
      n 1: largest and lowest member of the violin family [syn: bass fiddle
           , bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass,
           contrabass, string bass]