"big band" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: big bands [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} big band (countable and uncountable, plural big bands)
  1. (countable) A large dance or jazz band of 10 to 30 musicians usually featuring improvised solos by lead players, but otherwise playing orchestrated music. Tags: countable Hyponyms: hot band, sweet band Translations (large dance or jazz band): bigband (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-big_band-en-noun-XbDcrixt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Musicians Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Musicians: 57 43 Disambiguation of 'large dance or jazz band': 87 13
  2. (uncountable, music) The music produced by a jazz big band. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-big_band-en-noun-NImJU2Pu Categories (other): Musical genres, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Collectives Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Collectives: 43 57 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Inflected forms

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