sax‧o‧phone /ˈsæksəfəʊn $ -foʊn/ (also sax /sæks/ informal) noun [countable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: from Adolphe Sax (1814-94), Belgian musician who invented the instrument]
a curved musical instrument made of metal that you play by blowing into it and pressing buttons, used especially in popular music and jazz

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