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CONTRABASSOON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does contrabassoon mean?
• CONTRABASSOON (noun)
The noun CONTRABASSOON has 1 sense:
1. the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family
Familiarity information: CONTRABASSOON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
contrabassoon; contrafagotto; double bassoon
Hypernyms ("contrabassoon" is a kind of...):
bassoon (a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family)
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