sax : Idioms & Phrases

Index

adolphe sax

  • noun a Belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894)
    Sax.
WordNet

sax-tuba

Sax"-tu`ba noun
Etymology
See Saxhorn, and Tube.
Definitions
  1. (Mus.) A powerful instrument of brass, curved somewhat like the Roman buccina, or tuba.
Webster 1913