bass

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The low range of sound or musical tones.

   He turned up the bass until the whole room shook.

2. 2
   adj

   Low in pitch, said of a sound, voice, or instrument.

   The giant spoke in a deep, bass voice that shook the floor.

3. 3
   noun

   A large stringed or electric instrument that plays low notes, such as a bass guitar or double bass.

   She plays bass in a local rock band.

4. 4
   noun

   A man who sings in the lowest voice range.

   In the choir, he sings bass alongside three other low voices.

Common collocations

• bass fiddle Noun + noun

From Middle English bace, bas, alteration of bars, from Old English bærs (“a fish, perch”), from Proto-West Germanic *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz (“perch”, literally “prickly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰórsos (“prickle, thorn, scale”). Cognate with Dutch baars (“perch, bass”), German Barsch (“perch”). More at barse.

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