bass : Idioms & Phrases


bass clarinet

  • noun a large clarinet whose range is an octave below the B-flat clarinet
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Bass clef

  • noun a clef that puts the F below middle C on the fourth line of a staff
    F clef.
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  • (Mus.), the character placed at the beginning of the staff containing the bass part of a musical composition. [See Illust. under Clef.]
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bass drum

  • noun a large drum with two heads; makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch
    gran casa.
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Bass` drum"
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  1. (Mus.) The largest of the different kinds of drums, having two heads, and emitting a deep, grave sound. See Bass, a.
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bass fiddle

  • noun largest and lowest member of the violin family
    bass viol; bass fiddle; contrabass; bull fiddle; double bass.
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bass guitar

  • noun the guitar with six strings that has the lowest pitch
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bass horn

  • noun the lowest brass wind instrument
    sousaphone; tuba.
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Bass" horn"
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  1. (Mus.) A modification of the bassoon, much deeper in tone.
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bass part

  • noun the lowest part in polyphonic music
    bass.
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bass viol

  • noun viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello
    viola da gamba; gamba.
  • noun largest and lowest member of the violin family
    bass viol; bass fiddle; contrabass; bull fiddle; double bass.
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Bass" vi`ol
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  1. (Mus.) A stringed instrument of the viol family, used for playing bass. See 3d Bass, n., and Violoncello.
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Bass voice

  • noun the lowest adult male singing voice
    basso; bass.
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  • a deepsounding voice; a voice fitted for singing bass.
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bass-relief

Bass"-re*lief` noun
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  1. Some as Bas-relief.
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black bass

  • noun bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States
    Centropistes striata; black bass.
  • noun widely distributed and highly prized American freshwater game fishes (sunfish family)
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Black" bass`
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(Zoöl.)
  1. An edible, fresh-water fish of the United States, of the genus Micropterus. the small-mouthed kind is M. dolomiei; the largemouthed is M. salmoides.
  2. The sea bass. See Blackfish, 3.
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black sea bass

  • noun bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States
    Centropistes striata; black bass.
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blackmouth bass

  • noun small marine fish with black mouth and gill cavity
    Synagrops bellus.
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Calico bass

  • (Zoöl.), an edible, fresh-water fish (Pomoxys sparaides) of the rivers and lake of the Western United States (esp. of the Misissippi valley.), allied to the sunfishes, and so called from its variegated colors; called also calicoback, grass bass, strawberry bass, barfish, and bitterhead.
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channel bass

  • noun large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico
    red drum; redfish; Sciaenops ocellatus.
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Continued bass

  • (Mus.), a bass continued through an entire piece of music, while the other parts of the harmony are indicated by figures beneath the bass; the same as thorough bass or figured bass; basso continuo. [It.]
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Double base, ∨ Double bass

  • (Mus.), the largest and lowest-toned instrument in the violin form; the contrabasso or violone.
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double bass

  • noun largest and lowest member of the violin family
    bass viol; bass fiddle; contrabass; bull fiddle; double bass.
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double-bass

  • adjective satellite pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range
    contrabass.
    • contrabass or double-bass clarinet
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Figured bass

  • noun a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played
    continuo; basso continuo; figured bass.
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  • . See Continued bass, under Continued.
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freshwater bass

  • noun any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)
    bass.
  • noun North American food and game fish
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Fundamental bass

  • (Mus.), the root note of a chord; a bass formed of the roots or fundamental tones of the chords.
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Grass bass

  • (Zoöl.), the calico bass.
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ground bass

  • noun a short melody in the bass that is constantly repeated
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Ground bassbase

  • (Mus.), fundamental base; a fundamental base continually repeated to a varied melody.
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kentucky black bass

  • noun a variety of black bass
    Micropterus pseudoplites; Kentucky black bass.
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largemouth bass

  • noun flesh of largemouth bass
  • noun a large black bass; the angle of the jaw falls behind the eye
    largemouth; largemouth bass; largemouth black bass; largemouthed bass; Micropterus salmoides.
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largemouth black bass

  • noun a large black bass; the angle of the jaw falls behind the eye
    largemouth; largemouth bass; largemouth black bass; largemouthed bass; Micropterus salmoides.
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largemouthed bass

  • noun a large black bass; the angle of the jaw falls behind the eye
    largemouth; largemouth bass; largemouth black bass; largemouthed bass; Micropterus salmoides.
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largemouthed black bass

  • noun a large black bass; the angle of the jaw falls behind the eye
    largemouth; largemouth bass; largemouth black bass; largemouthed bass; Micropterus salmoides.
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Mud bass

  • (Zoöl.), a fresh-water fish (Acantharchum pomotis) of the Eastern United States. It produces a deep grunting note.
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Red bass

  • . (Zoöl.) See Redfish (d).
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Rock bass

  • noun a kind of sea bass
    rock bass; Centropristis philadelphica.
  • noun game and food fish of upper Mississippi and Great Lakes
    rock sunfish; Ambloplites rupestris.
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  • . (Zoöl.) (a) The stripped bass . See under Bass. (b) The goggle-eye. (c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called rock bass.
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rock sea bass

  • noun a kind of sea bass
    rock bass; Centropristis philadelphica.
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sea bass

  • noun the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae
    bass.
  • noun any of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin
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Sea" bass`
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  1. (). (Zoöl.) (a) A large marine food fish (Serranus, ∨ Centropristis, atrarius) which abounds on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It is dark bluish, with black bands, and more or less varied with small white spots and blotches. Called also, locally, blue bass, black sea bass, blackfish, bluefish, and black perch. (b) A California food fish (Cynoscion nobile); -- called also white sea bass, and sea salmon.
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smallmouth bass

  • noun flesh of smallmouth bass
  • noun a variety of black bass; the angle of the jaw falls below the eye
    smallmouth; smallmouth bass; smallmouth black bass; smallmouthed bass; Micropterus dolomieu.
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smallmouth black bass

  • noun a variety of black bass; the angle of the jaw falls below the eye
    smallmouth; smallmouth bass; smallmouth black bass; smallmouthed bass; Micropterus dolomieu.
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smallmouthed bass

  • noun a variety of black bass; the angle of the jaw falls below the eye
    smallmouth; smallmouth bass; smallmouth black bass; smallmouthed bass; Micropterus dolomieu.
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smallmouthed black bass

  • noun a variety of black bass; the angle of the jaw falls below the eye
    smallmouth; smallmouth bass; smallmouth black bass; smallmouthed bass; Micropterus dolomieu.
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spotted black bass

  • noun a variety of black bass
    Micropterus pseudoplites; Kentucky black bass.
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Stone bass

  • noun brown fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean found around rocks and shipwrecks
    wreckfish; Polyprion americanus.
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  • (Zoöl.), any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus Serranus and allied genera, as Serranus Couchii, and Polyprion cernium of Europe; called also sea perch.
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Strawberry bass

  • . (Zoöl.) See Calico bass, under Calico.
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string bass

  • noun largest and lowest member of the violin family
    bass viol; bass fiddle; contrabass; bull fiddle; double bass.
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Striped bass

  • noun caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States
    striper.
  • noun marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone
    striper; Roccus saxatilis; rockfish.
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  • . (Zoöl.) See under Bass.
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sub-bass

Sub"-bass` noun
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  1. (Mus.) The deepest pedal stop, or the lowest tones of an organ; the fundamental or ground bass. Written also sub-base. Ayliffe.
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Thorough bass

  • noun a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played
    continuo; basso continuo; figured bass.
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  • . See Thorough bass.
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White bass

  • (Zoöl.), a fresh-water North American bass (Roccus chrysops) found in the Great Likes.
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Yellow bass

  • noun North American freshwater bass resembling the larger marine striped bass
    Morone interrupta.
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  • (Zoöl.), a North American fresh-water bass (Morone interrupta) native of the lower parts of the Mississippi and its tributaries. It is yellow, with several more or less broken black stripes or bars. Called also barfish.
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