contrabass Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun largest and lowest member of the violin family
    bass viol; string bass; bass fiddle; bull fiddle; double bass.
  2. adjective satellite pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range
    double-bass.
    • contrabass or double-bass clarinet

WordNet

Con`tra*bass"
Definitions
  1. , n. (Mus.) Double bass; -- applied to any instrument of the same deep range as the stringed double bass; as, the contrabass ophicleide; the cotrabass tuba or bombardon.

Webster 1913