Bass (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective
  1. low in pitch; of the lowest pitch or range: a bass voice; a bass instrument.
  2. of or relating to the lowest part in harmonic music.
noun
  1. the bass part.
  2. a bass voice, singer, or instrument.
  3. double bass.
noun, plural (especially collectively) bass, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) bass·es.
  1. any of numerous edible, spiny-finned, freshwater or marine fishes of the families Serranidae and Centrarchidae.
  2. (originally) the European perch, Perca fluviatilis.
noun
  1. the basswood or linden.
  2. bast.
noun
  1. U.S. outlaw: bank and train robber in the West.
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 lowest part in a piece of harmony
  4. informal short for bass guitar, double bass
    • the low-frequency component of an electrical audio signal, esp in a record player or tape recorder
    • the knob controlling this on such an instrument
adjective
  1. relating to or denoting the bass
  2. denoting the lowest and largest instrument in a family
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
  2. the European perch
  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 (def. 1)
  2. short for basswood
  3. a bast fibre bag for holding an angler's catch
Bass (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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