bass¹ /bās/

1. The lowest part in music
2. A bass singer (often in the Italian form basso /bäsˈsō/ (pl basˈsos or basˈsi /-si/))
3. A bass instrument, esp (informal) a bass guitar or double bass
4. Low-frequency sound as output from an amplifier, etc
5. A knob or dial that adjusts this sound

1. Low, deep
2. (of a musical instrument or voice) low in pitch and range

To utter in a deep tone

bassˈist noun

A person who plays a double bass or a bass guitar

bassˈy adjective

1. Somewhat bass
2. Predominantly bass

bassˈ-bar noun

A strip of wood on the belly of a violin, etc, under the bass foot of the bridge, to distribute the vibrations

bass clef noun (music)

The clef in which the F a fifth below middle C is written on the fourth line of the stave

bass compensation noun (acoustics)

Differential attenuation introduced into a sound-reproducing system to emphasize bass frequencies

bass drum noun

The large drum of an orchestra or band

bass fiddle noun (informal)

A double bass

bass guitar noun

An electric guitar similar in sound and range to the double bass

bass horn noun

An old wind instrument, a modification of the serpent

bassˈline noun

The lowest line in a piece of jazz or popular music, provided by a bass instrument or electronically

bass tuba noun

The lowest instrument of the saxhorn class

bass viol noun

1. A six-stringed instrument, used for playing the lowest part in early music, the viola da gamba
2. The double bass (informal, esp US)

bass² or basse /bas/

1. A European sea fish of the sea perch family (or Dicentrarchus labrax)
2. Extended to other sea and freshwater fishes

To fish for bass

bass³ /bas/

1. Bast
2. Any article made of bast or some similar material

bassˈwood noun

An American lime-tree or its wood

bast /bast/, also bass /bas/

1. Phloem, the conductive material in a plant
2. Inner bark, esp of lime
3. Fibre
4. Matting. See bass³

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