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Word entry · 9 letters

saxophone

Best crossword clue

"Jazz horn"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈsæksəˌfəʊ̯n/Part of speech nounSorted aehnoopsxStarts with SEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore

Word origin

Borrowed from French saxophone, a combination of the surname of its inventor Adolphe Sax (1814–1894) + -o- + -phone (“something that makes a sound”), from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound, voice”). The first element surname is a variant of the German Sachs (“Saxon”). Analyzable as Sax + -o- + -phone.

Used in a sentence

  • I played the saxophone in high school.
  • The saxophones typically sit behind the flutes in a concert band.

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