Definition of "contrabasso" [con•tra•bas•so]

• The largest kind of bass viol. (noun)

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• "His booming contrabasso voice makes middle-aged ladies squeal in delight and his pithy, homily-laden retorts are greeted with roars of approval."
• "He is represented, as is well known, seated in the group of musicians in the centre, and playing the contrabasso."
• "It is not so cheerful, perhaps, as its predecessor in the same key; the heavy basses twanging in tenths like a contrabasso are intentionally monotone in effect."