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Word entry · 4 letters

bass

Best crossword clue

"Deep musical voice"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /beɪs/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted abssStarts with BEnds with S3 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range

Word origin

From Middle English bace, bas, alteration of bars, from Old English bærs (“a fish, perch”), from Proto-West Germanic *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz (“perch”, literally “prickly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰórsos (“prickle, thorn, scale”). Cognate with Dutch baars (“perch, bass”), German Barsch (“perch”). More at barse.

Used in a sentence

  • The giant spoke in a deep, bass, rumbling voice that shook me to my boots.
  • Peter adjusted the equalizer on his audio equipment to emphasize the bass.
  • The conductor preferred to situate the bass in the middle rear, rather than to one side of the orchestra.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01Deep musical voice4 letters
02Deepest choir voice4 letters
03Low musical range4 letters

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