big band
A large dance or jazz band of 10 to 30 musicians usually featuring improvised solos by…A large dance or jazz band of 10 to 30 musicians usually featuring improvised solos by lead players, but otherwise playing orchestrated music.
» The eighth big band is the best.
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2 senses(countable)A large dance or jazz band of 10 to 30 musicians usually featuring improvised solos by lead players, but otherwise playing orchestrated music.
a large dance or jazz band usually featuring improvised solos by lead musicians
(uncountable)The music produced by a jazz big band.
Examples
3 sentencesThe eighth big band is the best.
In an unusual move, this school's big band uses slide trumpets and valve trombones exclusively.
It's the kind of music that musicians love, a big band jazz sound that fills the room and gets it swinging.
Forms
plural: big bandsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable