sax

«sax» in Mova's school dictionary: a saxophone, a curved metal wind instrument played with a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a sax, saxes)

meaning for a pupil

(informal) A sax is a saxophone, a curved metal wind instrument played with a reed, used in jazz and pop. tree →

sense in the lessons

In music lessons and bands, the sax is a woodwind instrument, even though made of brass. Phrases: play the sax.

examples

• He plays the sax in the school band. tree →
• The sax solo was great. tree →
• My sax is in the case. tree →
• Jazz bands often have a sax. tree →
• I want to learn the sax. tree →
• The sax player blew a long note. tree →

note

Short for saxophone. Plural: saxes. Sounds like «sacks» and «Saxe», homophones.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sax» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.