Contrabass \Con`tra*bass"\, n. (Mus.) The lowest stringed instrument of the violin family; the double bass; -- also applied to any instrument of the same deep range as the stringed double bass; as, the contrabass ophicleide; the contrabass tuba or bombardon. [1913 Webster + Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

contrabass adj : pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range; "contrabass or double-bass clarinet" [syn: double-bass]

noun

largest and lowest member of the violin family [syn: bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass, string bass]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Contrabass \Con`tra*bass"\, n. (Mus.) The lowest stringed instrument of the violin family.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Contrabass \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)