Definitions for basses

basses bass

Spelling: [beys]
IPA: /beɪs/

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

You can make 56 anagrams from letters in basses (abesss).

Definitions for basses

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 basses

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

Examples for basses

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for basses
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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