sax

¹ American  

[saks] / sæks /

noun

Informal.

1. saxophone.

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sax ² American  

[saks] / sæks /

noun

1. a short, single-edged sword of ancient Scandinavia.

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Sax. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Saxon.

2. Saxony.

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sax ¹ British  

/ sæks /

noun

1. a tool resembling a small axe, used for cutting roofing slate

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sax ² British  

/ sæks /

noun

1. informal  short for saxophone

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Etymology

Origin of sax¹

By shortening

Origin of sax²

before 900; Middle English sexe, Old English seax, sæx; cognate with Old Norse sax ( Swedish, Danish sax scissors). See saw ¹

Example Sentences

I was hooked by the magisterial piano and sax solos of the epic “Jungleland,” set in a romanticized New York City—instantly my first favorite Bruce song.

From The Wall Street Journal

The song is soft, with a distant, wailing sax peeking in for a brief moment among drum lines.

From Los Angeles Times

“Even after fifty years, the memory of what it took to record the sax solo to ‘Jungleland’ makes his eyes widen and his mouth drop open,” Carlin writes.

From Los Angeles Times

“The First Time” has a big sax solo.

From Los Angeles Times

Adam Levine and I were talking about saxes recently because he was playing me something that had sax on it.

From Los Angeles Times