Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sax

2 senses of sax

Sense 1
Sax, Adolphe Sax -- (a Belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894))
       INSTANCE OF=> maker, shaper -- (a person who makes things)

Sense 2
sax, saxophone -- (a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore)
       => single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind -- (a beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone))