"big band" meaning in English

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Noun

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 Categories (topical): Collectives, Musicians Hyponyms: hot band, sweet band Translations (large dance or jazz band): bigband (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-big_band-en-noun-XbDcrixt Disambiguation of Collectives: 58 42 Disambiguation of Musicians: 74 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'large dance or jazz band': 90 10
  2. (uncountable, music) The music produced by a jazz big band. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Musical genres
    Sense id: en-big_band-en-noun-NImJU2Pu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 52 48 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Inflected forms

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