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contrabass saxophone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables
con-tra-bass sax-o-phone
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments that is smaller than the subcontrabass saxophone but larger than the bass saxophone, with a range of D♭₁ to A₃ or similar.

Inflected Forms

contrabass saxophones (plural)

Phrases

contrabass saxophonist

Synonyms

contrabass sax

Questions

What does contrabass saxophone mean?
A member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments that is smaller than the subcontrabass saxophone but larger than the bass saxophone, with a range of D♭₁ to A₃ or similar.

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