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Definition of 'double bass' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) double bass
the largest instrument of the violin family, having three or, usu., four strings, rested vertically on the floor when played.

Etymology:  (1875–80)

Definition of 'double bass' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass, contrabass, string bass
largest and lowest member of the violin family

2. (adj) contrabass, double-bass
pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range
"contrabass or double-bass clarinet"


Definition of 'double bass' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) double bass
the largest of the stringed instruments in an orchestra
to play the double bass


Translation of 'double bass' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a type of large stringed instrument, the largest and deepest in sound of the violin family.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kontrabas Arabic flag Arabic: أكْبَر آله وَتَرِيَّه تُش Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: контра бас
Brazilian flag Brazilian: contrabaixo Czech flag Czech: kontrabas German flag German: der Kontrabaß
Danish flag Danish: kontrabas Greek flag Greek: κοντραμπάσο Spanish flag Spanish: contrabajo
Estonian flag Estonian: kontrabass Farsi flag Farsi: کنترباس؛ صدای بسیار بم Finnish flag Finnish: kontrabasso
French flag French: contrebasse Hebrew flag Hebrew: בִטנוּן Hindi flag Hindi: दोहरी गूंज
Croatian flag Croatian: dvostruki bas Hungarian flag Hungarian: nagybőgő Indonesian flag Indonesian: kontrabas
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kontrabassi Italian flag Italian: contrabbasso Japanese flag Japanese: ダブルベース
Korean flag Korean: 더블 베이스 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kontrabosas Latvian flag Latvian: kontrabass
Malay flag Malay: bass besar Dutch flag Dutch: contrabas Norwegian flag Norwegian: kontrabass
Polish flag Polish: kontrabas Persian flag Persian: کنترباس؛ صدای بسیار بم Pashto flag Pashto: دیړه جیږه آواز
Portuguese flag Portuguese: contrabaixo Romanian flag Romanian: contrabas Russian flag Russian: контрабас
Slovak flag Slovak: kontrabas Slovenian flag Slovenian: kontrabas Serbian flag Serbian: kontrabas
Swedish flag Swedish: kontrabas Thai flag Thai: เครื่องดนตรีประเภทสายขนาด Turkish flag Turkish: kontrbas
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 低音提琴 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: контрабас Urdu flag Urdu: وائلن کی طرح کے سازوں کے
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đàn công bát Chinese flag Chinese: 低音提琴

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