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sax⋅o⋅phone

  [sak-suh-fohn]
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–noun
a musical wind instrument consisting of a conical, usually brass tube with keys or valves and a mouthpiece with one reed.
Origin:
1850–55; Sax (see saxhorn ) + -o- + -phone

Related forms:
sax⋅o⋅phon⋅ic  [sak-suh-fon-ik] , adjective
sax⋅o⋅phon⋅ist, noun
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sax·o·phone   (sāk'sə-fōn')   
n.  A woodwind instrument with a single-reed mouthpiece and a usually curved conical metal tube, including soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone sizes.

[After Sax, surname of 19th-century Belgian instrument-making family.]
sax'o·phon'ist n.
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Cultural Dictionary

saxophone

A wind instrument classified as a woodwind because it is played with a reed, although it is usually made of metal. Saxophones appear mainly in jazz, dance, and military bands. They are made in several ranges, from soprano to bass.

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Word Origin & History

saxophone 
1851, from Fr. saxophone, named for Antoine Joseph "Adolphe" Sax (1814-1894), Belgian instrument maker who devised it c.1840 + Gk. -phonos "voiced, sounding." Shortened form sax is from 1923. His father, Charles Joseph (1791-1865) invented the less popular saxhorn (1845).
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