noun
sax
saks
noun
1
Informal short form of "saxophone."
"He played a soulful solo on the sax."
2
A pale, sky-blue colour.
"The bedroom walls were painted a soft sax blue."
verb
1
To play the saxophone.
"She's been saxing since she was twelve."
How to Use Sax
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishMost commonly a short way to say "saxophone."
Common pairings
play the sax
sax solo
Word Forms
saxed past tense, saxed past tense, saxes plural, Saxes plural, saxes singular, saxes singular
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Etymology
The musical sense is a clipping of "saxophone"; the older Old English root seax meant "a knife or short blade."