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Noun bass has 8 senses

bass - the lowest part of the musical range
--₁ is a kind of low pitch, low frequency
bass, bass part - the lowest part in polyphonic music
--₂ is a kind of part, voice
--₂ has particulars:
ground bass; figured bass, basso continuo, continuo, thorough bass
bass, basso - an adult male singer with the lowest voice
--₃ is a kind of singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser
sea bass, bass - the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae
--₄ is a kind of saltwater fish
--₄ is a part of sea bass
--₄ has particulars: striped bass, striper
freshwater bass, bass - any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)
--₅ is a kind of freshwater fish
--₅ is a part of freshwater bass
--₅ has particulars: largemouth bass; smallmouth bass
bass, bass voice, basso - the lowest adult male singing voice
--₆ is a kind of singing voice
--₆ has particulars: basso profundo
bass - the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments
--₇ is a kind of musical instrument, instrument
--₇ has particulars:
bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, double bass, contrabass, string bass; bass guitar; bass horn, sousaphone, tuba; bombardon, bombard
bass - nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes
--₈ is a kind of percoid fish, percoid, percoidean
--₈ has particulars: freshwater bass