bass

bass ¹  (bs)

n. pl. bass or bass·es

1. Any of several North American freshwater fishes of the family Centrarchidae, related to but larger than the sunfishes.

2. Any of various marine fishes of the family Serranidae, such as the sea bass and the striped bass.

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[Middle English *bars, perch, from Old English bærs.]

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bass ¹ [base]

Noun

1. the lowest adult male voice

2. a singer with such a voice

3. Informal same as bass guitar or double bass

Adjective

1. of the lowest range of musical notes: the system is engineered to give good bass sound from very small speakers

2. denoting a musical instrument that is lowest or second lowest in pitch in its family: bass trombone

3. of or relating to a bass guitar or double bass: the band is unusual in that it has two bass players

4. of or written for a singer with the lowest adult male voice: the bass soloist in next week's performance of Handel's `Messiah' [Middle English bas]

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bass ² [rhymes with gas]

Noun

1. various Australian freshwater and sea fish

2. a European spiny-finned freshwater fish [Middle English]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bass - the lowest part of the musical range pitch - the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
	2.	bass - the lowest part in polyphonic music bass part part, voice - the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part" ground bass - a short melody in the bass that is constantly repeated basso continuo, continuo, figured bass, thorough bass - a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played
	3.	bass - an adult male singer with the lowest voice basso singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser - a person who sings
	4.	bass - the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae sea bass sea bass - any of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food striped bass, striper - caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States
	5.	bass - any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus) freshwater bass freshwater bass - North American food and game fish freshwater fish - flesh of fish from fresh water used as food largemouth bass - flesh of largemouth bass smallmouth bass - flesh of smallmouth bass
	6.	bass - the lowest adult male singing voice bass voice, basso singing voice - the musical quality of the voice while singing basso profundo - a very deep bass voice
	7.	bass - the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments bull fiddle, contrabass, double bass, string bass, bass fiddle, bass viol - largest and lowest member of the violin family bass guitar - the guitar with six strings that has the lowest pitch bass horn, sousaphone, tuba - the lowest brass wind instrument bombard, bombardon - a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family musical instrument, instrument - any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
	8.	bass - nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes freshwater bass - North American food and game fish
Adj.	1.	bass - having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet" deep low-pitched, low - used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency

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bass

adjective deep, low, resonant, sonorous, low-pitched, deep-toned

Translations

bass [beɪs] n (MUS) → bajo

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bass [beɪs] n (Mus) → basse f

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bass [beɪs] n → Bass m

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bass [beɪs] n (MUS) → basso