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string bass

[beys] .
–noun
double bass.

Origin:
1935–40

double bass

[beys]
–noun
the largest instrument of the violin family, having three or, usually, four strings, rested vertically on the floor when played.


Origin:
1720–30


double bassist, noun
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double bass

Another name for the bass viol.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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