1. Largest and lowest member of the violin family
   "The orchestra's deep tones were anchored by the resonant sound of the contrabass";
   - bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass, string bass

1. Pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range
   "contrabass or double-bass clarinet";
   - double-bass

Derived forms: contrabasses

See also: low, low-pitched

Type of: bass, bowed stringed instrument, string

Encyclopedia: Contrabass