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SAX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sax mean? 

SAX (noun)
  The noun SAX has 2 senses:

1. a Belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894)play

2. a single-reed woodwind with a conical boreplay

  Familiarity information: SAX used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SAX (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A Belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Adolphe Sax; Sax

Instance hypernyms:

maker; shaper (a person who makes things)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A single-reed woodwind with a conical bore

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

sax; saxophone

Hypernyms ("sax" is a kind of...):

single-reed instrument; single-reed woodwind (a beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone))


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