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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 familyplay

  Familiarity information: CONTRABASSOON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CONTRABASSOON (noun)


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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