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bass saxophone

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English

Syllables
bass sax-o-phone
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments that is smaller than the contrabass saxophone but larger than the baritone saxophone, with a range of A♭₁ to E♭₄ or similar.

Inflected Forms

bass saxophones (plural)

Phrases

bass saxophonist

Synonyms

bass sax

Questions

What does bass saxophone mean?
A member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments that is smaller than the contrabass saxophone but larger than the baritone saxophone, with a range of A♭₁ to E♭₄ or similar.

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