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bass

1  [beys] Music.
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–adjective
1. low in pitch; of the lowest pitch or range: a bass voice; a bass instrument.
2. of or pertaining to the lowest part in harmonic music.
–noun
3. the bass part.
4. a bass voice, singer, or instrument.
5. double bass.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME, var. of base 2 with ss of basso

Related forms:
bassly, adverb
bassness, noun
bassy, adjective
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bass [(bays)]

The lowest range of the male singing voice. (Compare baritone and tenor.)

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

bass  (adj.)
"low" (voice or instrument, ranging from the E flat below the bass stave to the F above it), c.1390, originally base, infl. by It. basso, from L.L. bassus "short, low," possibly from Oscan. Meaning "bass-viol" is from 1702; that of "double-bass" is from 1927.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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