What part of speech is contrabass?

Contrabass can be categorized as a noun and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. contrabass is a noun, singular of contrabasses.
  • 2. contrabass is an adjective, not comparable.

Inflections

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • Not comparable
    Not comparable
  • Positive: contrabass 
  • Comparative: Not comparable
  • Superlative: Not comparable

What does contrabass mean?

Definitions

Adjective

contrabass - pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range; "contrabass or double-bass clarinet"

Noun

contrabass - Part or section one octave lower than bass.
contrabass - double bass , string bass .
contrabass - Person or musical instrument performing the contrabass part.

Examples of contrabass

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Contrabass or double-bass clarinet.
Sentence  
adj.
Contrabass or double-bass clarinet.

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