Contrabassoon

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The largest and lowest pitched of the double-reed wind instruments, sounding an octave below the bassoon. Also called double bassoon.
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  • n. A larger version of the bassoon sounding one octave lower, having a technique similar to the bassoon but offers more resistance in every way.
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  • n. the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bassoon   
    Form
    contrabassoonist   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    double bassoon   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bethune    Boone    Calhoun    June    Karun   
     
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