| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| contrabass |
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| SYLLABICATION: | con·tra·bass |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k n tr -b s |
| NOUN: | See double bass. | | ADJECTIVE: | Pitched an octave below the normal bass range. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Obsolete Italian contrabasso : Italian contra-, against (from Latin contr-; see contra–) + Italian basso, bass (from Medieval Latin bassus, low). | | OTHER FORMS: | contra·bassist —NOUN
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