CONTRABASSES

Noun

contrabasses

plural of contrabass

Source: Wiktionary


CONTRABASS

Con`tra*bass"

Definition: , n. (Mus.) Double bass; -- applied to any instrument of the same deep range as the stringed double bass; as, the contrabass ophicleide; the cotrabass tuba or bombardon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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