Contrabass Definition

kŏntrə-bās
adjective
Pitched an octave lower than the normal bass.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun

Double bass.

Webster's New World

Part or section one octave lower than bass.

Wiktionary

Person or instrument performing the contrabass part.

Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Contrabass

Noun

Singular:
contrabass
Plural:
contrabasses

Origin of Contrabass

  • Obsolete Italian contrabasso Italian contra- against (from Latin contrā- contra–) Italian basso bass (from Medieval Latin bassus low)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Italian contrabbasso, from contra (“against”) + basso (“low”).

    From Wiktionary

Contrabass Sentence Examples

  • It's like, ' Oh, tomorrow bring your contrabass trombone.

  • The instruments range from the giant contrabass standing some six feet tall, to the tiny sopranino.

  • It 's like, ' Oh, tomorrow bring your contrabass trombone.

  • In the second act there was scenery representing tombstones, there was a round hole in the canvas to represent the moon, shades were raised over the footlights, and from horns and contrabass came deep notes while many people appeared from right and left wearing black cloaks and holding things like daggers in their hands.

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