Associations to the word «Contrabassoon»

Wiktionary

CONTRABASSOON, noun. (musical instruments) A larger version of the bassoon sounding one octave lower, having a technique similar to the bassoon but offers more resistance in every way.

Dictionary definition

CONTRABASSOON, noun. The bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats