1. The lowest part of the musical range
   "The bass notes of the organ resonated through the church"
    
2. The lowest part in polyphonic music
   "The bass part in this choral work requires a singer with a very deep voice";
   - bass part
    
3. The lowest adult male singing voice
   "The bass voice provided a solid foundation for the choir";
   - bass voice, basso
    
4. An adult male singer with the lowest voice
   "The bass's deep, resonant voice added richness to the choir's performance";
   - basso
    
5. The member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments
   "The bass guitar provided a solid foundation for the band's sound"

1. Having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range
   "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet";
   - deep

1. Nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes
    
2. Any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)
   - freshwater bass
    
3. The lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae
   - sea bass

Sounds like: base

Derived forms: basses

See also: low, low-pitched

Type of: freshwater fish, instrument, musical instrument, part, percoid, percoid fish, percoidean, pitch, saltwater fish, singer, singing voice, vocaliser [Brit], vocalist, vocalizer, voice

Part of: freshwater bass, sea bass

Encyclopedia: Bass, Michael