01 n. The lowest stringed instrument of the violin family; the double bass; -- also applied to any instrument of the same deep range as the strin…
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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.(Mus.) See: double bass