1. Largest and lowest member of the violin family
   - bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, contrabass, string bass

1. Pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range
   "contrabass or double-bass clarinet"
   - contrabass

Derived forms: double basses

See also: low, low-pitched

Type of: bass, bowed stringed instrument, string

Encyclopedia: Double bass

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