Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Saxophone \Sax"o*phone\, n. [A.A.J. Sax, the inventor (see
   {Saxhorn}) + Gr. ? tone.] (Mus.)
   A wind instrument of brass, containing a reed, and partaking
   of the qualities both of a brass instrument and of a
   clarinet.

Source : WordNet®

saxophone
     n : a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore [syn: {sax}]