noun
- The lowest part of the musical range.
- The lowest part in polyphonic music.
- synonyms: bass part
- An adult male singer with the lowest voice.
- synonyms: basso
- The lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae.
- synonyms: sea bass
- Any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus.
- synonyms: freshwater bass
- The lowest adult male singing voice.
- synonyms: bass voice, basso
- The member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments.
- Nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes.
adjective
- Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range.
- usage: "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet"
- synonyms: deep
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