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octocontrabass

octocontrabass noun: an instrument that is pitched one octave below the contrabass.

Noun

octocontrabass (plural octocontrabasses)

  1. An instrument that is pitched one octave below the contrabass.
    • Among the many benchmarks of his career, he developed the first complete choir of in-tune clarinets, ranging from sopranino to octocontrabass.1999, The Clarinet, volume 27, page 13

Forms of octocontrabass

pluraloctocontrabasses

Origin of octocontrabass

From octo- + contrabass.

Questions about octocontrabass

What does octocontrabass mean?
Octocontrabass means an instrument that is pitched one octave below the contrabass.
What part of speech is octocontrabass?
Octocontrabass is a noun.
What is the plural of octocontrabass?
The plural of octocontrabass is octocontrabasses.

Words near octocontrabass in the dictionary

  1. octochamps
  2. octochord
  3. octochords
  4. octoclothepin
  5. octocog alfa
  6. octocontrabass
  7. octocopter
  8. octocopters
  9. octocoral
  10. octocorallian
  11. octocorallians

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