string bass

string bass

B0096400 (bās)n. See double bass.

string bass

(beɪs) n (Instruments) another name for double bass

dou′ble bass′

(beɪs)
n. the largest instrument of the violin family, having three or, usu., four strings, rested vertically on the floor when played. [1720–30] dou′ble bass′ist, n.

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string bass - largest and lowest member of the violin familybass fiddle, bull fiddle, contrabass, double bass, bass violbass - the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instrumentsbowed stringed instrument, string - stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well"

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