English dictionary
bass
adjectivePronunciation
beɪs
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
noun
- nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes
noun
- the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments
noun
- the lowest part of the musical range
noun
- the lowest adult male singing voice
noun
- the lowest part in polyphonic music
noun
- any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)
noun
- the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae
noun
- an adult male singer with the lowest voice
Example sentences
a deep voice
a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice
a bass clarinet