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7 Definitions of: bass
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- noun, the lowest adult male voice usually having a range from E a 13th below middle C to D a tone above it
- noun, a singer with such a voice
- noun, the bass the lowest part in a piece of harmony. See also thorough bass
- noun, short for bass guitar, double bass
- noun, 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, relating to or denoting the bass
- adjective, denoting the lowest and largest instrument in a family
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- noun, 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
- noun, another name for the European perch (see perch2 (sense 1))
- noun, any of various predatory North American freshwater percoid fishes, such as Micropterus salmoides, (largemouth bass): family Centrarchidae (sunfishes, etc) ▷ See also black bass ▷ See also, rock bass
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- noun, another name for bast
- noun, short for basswood
- noun, Also called: fish bass a bast fibre bag for holding an angler's catch
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| Synonyms: | deep, low, resonant, sonorous, low-pitched |
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