DOUBLE-BASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does double-bass mean? 

• DOUBLE-BASS (adjective)
  The adjective DOUBLE-BASS has 1 sense:

1. pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range

  Familiarity information: DOUBLE-BASS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOUBLE-BASS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range

Synonyms:

contrabass; double-bass

Context example:

contrabass or double-bass clarinet

Similar:

low; low-pitched (used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency)

 Context examples 

It increased my sufferings greatly to see the pats she gave him for punishment on the bridge of his blunt nose, while he winked his eyes, and licked her hand, and still growled within himself like a little double-bass.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)