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DOUBLE BASS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does double bass mean?
• DOUBLE BASS (noun)
The noun DOUBLE BASS has 1 sense:
1. largest and lowest member of the violin family
Familiarity information: DOUBLE BASS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Largest and lowest member of the violin family
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
bass fiddle; bass viol; bull fiddle; contrabass; double bass; string bass
Hypernyms ("double bass" is a kind of...):
bass (the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments)
bowed stringed instrument; string (stringed instruments that are played with a bow)
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