Dictionary Definition
Sax
Noun
1 a Belgian maker of musical instruments who
invented the saxophone (1814-1894) [syn: Adolphe
Sax]
2 a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore
[syn: saxophone]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æks
Noun
- Short form of saxophone.
Aleut
Noun
sax- bird skin coat.
Kurdish
Adjective
saxSwedish
Pronunciation
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Derived terms
Extensive Definition
Sax or sax may refer to:
- Saxophone, a musical instrument
- Sax, Alicante, a municipality in Spain
- SAX (Simple API for XML), a method of reading data files in computing
- SaX, a tool for configuring graphics hardware in SUSE Linux
- The Saxony Hotel, Miami Beach
- Doctor Sax, a novel by Jack Kerouac
- a short form used colloquially in East Suffolk for Saxmundham, UK
It may also refer to the following Human names:
- Adolphe Sax, the inventor of the saxophone
- Dave Sax, Major League Baseball player
- Emil Sax
- George D. Sax, Business entrepreneur - Drive-in bank innovator
- Gyula Sax, a Hungarian chess player
- Steve Sax, Major League Baseball player
See also
sax in German: Sax
sax in French: Sax
sax in Dutch: Sax
sax in Japanese: サックス (曖昧さ回避)
sax in Chinese: 薩克斯