Usually means: Lowest-pitched woodwind in orchestra.
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  1. contrabassoon: Merriam-Webster
  2. contrabassoon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. contrabassoon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. contrabassoon: Collins English Dictionary
  5. contrabassoon: Vocabulary.com
  6. contrabassoon: Wiktionary
  7. contrabassoon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. contrabassoon: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. contrabassoon: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. contrabassoon: Dictionary.com
  11. Contrabassoon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. contrabassoon: Rhymezone
  13. contrabassoon: FreeDictionary.org
  14. contrabassoon: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. contrabassoon: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

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  1. contrabassoon: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (contrabassoon)

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

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