Contrabass

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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