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Noun: string bass  string bas
  1. Largest and lowest member of the violin family
    "The orchestra's deep tones were anchored by the resonant sound of the string bass";
    - bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass, contrabass

Derived forms: string basses

Type of: bass, bowed stringed instrument, string

Encyclopedia: String bass