'Contrabass' definitions:
Definition of 'contrabass'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range; "contrabass or double-bass clarinet" [syn: contrabass, double-bass]
noun
Largest and lowest member of the violin family [syn: bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass, contrabass, string bass]
Definition of 'Contrabass'
From: 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.]