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Definitions for: Contrabass [n] largest and lowest member of the violin family
[adj] pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range; "contrabass or double-bass clarinet"
Webster (1913) Definition: Con`tra*bass", n. (Mus.)
Double bass; -- applied to any instrument of the same deep
range as the stringed double bass; as, the contrabass
ophicleide; the contrabass tuba or bombardon.
Con`tra*bass", n. (Mus.)
The lowest stringed instrument of the violin family.
Synonyms: bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass, double-bass, low, low-pitched, string bass
See Also: bass, bowed stringed instrument, string
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