Definitions for Bass

Bass bass

Spelling: [beys]
IPA: /beɪs/

Bass is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 21 anagrams from letters in Bass (abss).

Definitions for Bass

noun

  1. the bass part.
  2. a bass voice, singer, or instrument.
  3. double bass.
  4. any of numerous edible, spiny-finned, freshwater or marine fishes of the families Serranidae and Centrarchidae.
  5. (originally) the European perch, Perca fluviatilis.
  6. the basswood or linden.
  7. Botany. bast.
  8. Sam, 1851–78, U.S. outlaw: bank and train robber in the West.

adjective

  1. low in pitch; of the lowest pitch or range:
  2. of or relating to the lowest part in harmonic music.

Origin of Bass

1400-50; late Middle English, variant of base2 with ss of basso

Examples for Bass

He captures Ramone and his second wife, Barbara, together in the studio in one photo, him on bass, her on guitar.

He heard a bass grumble from Mr. Ginn and Azuba's shrill reply.

It was one night, with Tony Williams on drums and, I think, Richard Davis on bass.

She looked through his list of potential song titles and came across one called “Treble bass.”

The harmonies which you mean are the mixed or tenor Lydian, and the full-toned or bass Lydian, and such like.

In the lower the notes are arranged according to the bass clef.

Restoring the ham to its nest behind his feet, Joe finished the bottle of bass.

I watch football, basketball, and hockey on TV and sometimes “The bass Pros” on Outdoor Channel.

There, he teamed up with a bass player and a guitar player, and they formed a three-piece band.

She doesn't know a fugue from a bass viol, and she never hesitates to say so.

Word Value for Bass
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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