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Bass

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Noun

1. bass

the lowest part of the musical range

2. bass, bass part

the lowest part in polyphonic music

3. bass, basso

an adult male singer with the lowest voice

4. bass, sea bass

the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae

5. bass, freshwater bass

any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)

6. bass, bass voice, basso

the lowest adult male singing voice

7. bass

the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments

8. bass

nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes

Adjective

9. bass, deep

having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range

Example Sentences:
'a deep voice'
'a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice'
'a bass clarinet'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bass

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noun
1. 
the lowest adult male voice usually having a range from E a 13th below middle C to D a tone above it
2. 
a singer with such a voice
3.  the bass
4. informal short for bass guitar, double bass
5. 
a. 
the low-frequency component of an electrical audio signal, esp in a record player or tape recorder
b. 
the knob controlling this on such an instrument
adjective
6. 
relating to or denoting the bass
bass pitch
the bass part
7. 
denoting the lowest and largest instrument in a family
a bass trombone
noun
1. 
any of various sea perches, esp Morone labrax, a popular game fish with one large spiny dorsal fin separate from a second smaller one
See also sea bass, stone bass
2. 
the European perch
perch2 (sense 1)
3. 
any of various predatory North American freshwater percoid fishes, such as Micropterus salmoides (largemouth bass): family Centrarchidae (sunfishes, etc)
noun
1.  another name for bast (sense 1)
2.  short for basswood
3. Also called: fish bass
a bast fibre bag for holding an angler's catch

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Bass

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noun
1. 
the range of the lowest male voice, usually from middle C to two or more octaves below
2. 
a. 
a voice or singer with such a range
b. 
an instrument with a similar range within its family; specif., a double bass
c. 
a part for such a voice or instrument
3. 
a low, deep sound or tone, as of a voice with this range
4. 
in four-part harmony, the lowest part
5. 
the lower part of the audio-frequency band in sound reproduction
adjective
6. 
of, for, or having the range of a bass
nounWord forms: plural bass or ˈbasses
any of various families of spiny-finned percoid, food and game fishes of fresh or salt water, including black bass, rock bass, and striped bass
noun
1. 
bast
2. 
basswood

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bass

see synonyms of bass
n. pl. bassor bass·es
1. Any of various North American freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, especially the largemouth bass and the smallmouth bass.
2. Any of various marine fishes especially of the families Serranidae and Moronidae, and including the sea basses and the striped bass.
n.
1.
a. A male singing voice of the lowest range.
b. A singer who has such a voice.
2. An instrument, especially a double bass or bass guitar, that produces tones in a low register.
3. A vocal or instrumental part written in a low register.
4. A low-pitched sound or tone: the deep bass of trucks braking on the highway nearby.
5. The tones in the lowest register of an instrument: a piano that is weak in the treble but has a very full sound in the bass.
adj.
1. Having a deep tone.
2. Low in pitch.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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