bass :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes

n. the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments

n. the lowest part of the musical range

n. any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)

n. the lowest part in polyphonic music

n. the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae

n. an adult male singer with the lowest voice

n. the lowest adult male singing voice

adj. having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet"

n. a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

n. a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it

n. strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit

adj. inducing resonance; "resonant frequency"

adj. full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice"

adj. of or being the lowest female voice

adj. lower in range than tenor and higher than bass; "a baritone voice"; "baritone oboe"

adj. pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range; "contrabass or double-bass clarinet"

adj. sounding as if pronounced low in the throat; "a rich throaty voice"

adj. used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency