bass fiddle

(bās)

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dou′ble bass′

(beɪs)
n.

the largest instrument of the violin family, having three or, usu., four strings, rested vertically on the floor when played.

[1720–30]

dou′ble bass′ist, n.

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Noun

bass fiddle - largest and lowest member of the violin family

bull fiddle, contrabass, double bass, string bass, bass viol

bass - the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments

bowed stringed instrument, string - stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well"

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