bass has definitions from the fields of zoology,music,fine art,chemistry,food,performing arts
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[ noun ] (music) the lowest part of the musical range

Used in print

(High Fidelity, 11:10...)

This absence of peaky highs and beefed-up bass not_only produces greater fidelity , but it eliminates listener fatigue .

Related terms

low_pitch

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[ noun ] (music,fine art) the lowest part in polyphonic music

Synonyms

bass_part

Used in print

(Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)

For an instant John longed for the sound of the bells of Noyon-la-Sainte , the touch of his mother 's hand , the lilt of Charles 's voice in the square raftered rooms , his father 's bass tones rumbling to the canons , and the sight of the beloved bishop .

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[ noun ] (music) the lowest adult male singing voice

Synonyms

basso bass_voice

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 456
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[ noun ] (music) the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments
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[ noun ] (chemistry,food) the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae

Synonyms

sea_bass

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[ noun ] (music,performing arts) an adult male singer with the lowest voice

Synonyms

basso

Related terms

singer

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[ adjective ] having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range

Synonyms

deep

Examples

"a deep voice" "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice" "a bass clarinet"

Related terms

low

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[ noun ] (chemistry,food) any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)

Synonyms

freshwater_bass

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[ noun ] (zoology) nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes
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