Definitions for contrabass

contrabass con·tra·bass

Spelling: [kon-truh-beys]
IPA: /ˈkɒn trəˌbeɪs/

Contrabass is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 645 anagrams from letters in contrabass (aabcnorsst).

Definitions for contrabass

noun

  1. (in any family of instruments) the member below the bass.
  2. (in the violin family) the double bass.

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of such instruments:

Origin of contrabass

From Italian, dating back to 1590-1600; See origin at contrabasso

Examples for contrabass

For military purposes, this and the contrabass—the helicon—are circular.

The tone was pleasant and full, but not powerful enough for the contrabass register in a military band.

Down the shaded street the metallic rhythm of the anvil was breaking through the contrabass of the surf.

The bombardon in B flat or C, an octave lower than the euphonium, corresponds to the contrabass tuba in the orchestra.

Darwin had the contrabass played to an audience of sprouting garden-beans, in order to observe the effect of music on vegetation.

As a contrabass to the rhythm of the blacksmiths hammer, the booming murmur of the sea trembled across the summer air.

Word Value for contrabass
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