bass
bas
- n the lowest part of the musical range
- n the lowest part in polyphonic music
- n an adult male singer with the lowest voice
- n the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae
- n any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)
- n the lowest adult male singing voice
- n the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments
- n nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes
- s having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice
a bass clarinet
- You played bass? He called me up and asked me if I could play bass, and I said, "Well, sure, cain't everybody?" I'd never played bass before in my life.
- Off the elbow of Cape Cod, between Cuttyhunk Island and Martha's Vineyard, the elusive striped bass gallivant in frothy water.
- New Life in the Lily Pond In musical prestige as well as pitch, it is hard to get any lower on the scale than the double bass.