Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Contrab.
Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Contrab and, of course, Contrab synonyms and on the right images related to the word Contrab.
No result for Contrab. Showing similar results...
Contraband
Contraband Con"tra*band, a.
Prohibited or excluded by law or treaty; forbidden; as,
contraband goods, or trade.
The contraband will always keep pace, in some measure,
with the fair trade. --Burke.
ContrabandContraband Con"tra*band, n. [It. contrabando; contra + bando
ban, proclamation: cf. F. contrebande. See Ban an edict.]
1. Illegal or prohibited traffic.
Persons the most bound in duty to prevent
contraband, and the most interested in the seizures.
--Burke.
2. Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of
which is forbidden.
3. A negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was
brought within, the Union lines. Such slave was considered
contraband of war. [U.S.]
Contraband of war, that which, according to international
law, cannot be supplied to a hostile belligerent except at
the risk of seizure and condemnation by the aggrieved
belligerent. --Wharton. Contraband of warContraband Con"tra*band, n. [It. contrabando; contra + bando
ban, proclamation: cf. F. contrebande. See Ban an edict.]
1. Illegal or prohibited traffic.
Persons the most bound in duty to prevent
contraband, and the most interested in the seizures.
--Burke.
2. Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of
which is forbidden.
3. A negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was
brought within, the Union lines. Such slave was considered
contraband of war. [U.S.]
Contraband of war, that which, according to international
law, cannot be supplied to a hostile belligerent except at
the risk of seizure and condemnation by the aggrieved
belligerent. --Wharton. Contrabandist
Contrabandist Con"tra*band`ist, n.
One who traffics illegally; a smuggler.
Contrabass
Contrabass Con`tra*bass", n. (Mus.)
The lowest stringed instrument of the violin family.
Contrabass
Contrabass Con`tra*bass", n. (Mus.)
Double bass; -- applied to any instrument of the same deep
range as the stringed double bass; as, the contrabass
ophicleide; the contrabass tuba or bombardon.
contrabassoBasso Bas"so, n. [It., fr. LL. bassus. See Base, a.] (Mus.)
(a) The bass or lowest part; as, to sing basso.
(b) One who sings the lowest part.
(c) The double bass, or contrabasso.
Basso continuo. [It., bass continued.] (Mus.) A bass part
written out continuously, while the other parts of the
harmony are indicated by figures attached to the bass;
continued bass. ContrabassoContrabasso Con`tra*bas"so, n. [It. contrabasso.] (Mus.)
The largest kind of bass viol. See Violone.
Meaning of Contrab from wikipedia
