basses
SayBAYS-iz/ˈbeɪsɪz/
- 1Plural of bass. For the fish, bass is the usual plural.
The choir's basses held the low note while the sopranos sang the melody.
Both basses in the rhythm section needed fresh strings before the gig.
Note
One written plural covers two very different nouns: the low voices, sections and instruments of music, and the perch-like fish. On the page only context tells them apart. In speech the vowel separates them. The fish noun also works uncountably, so an angler can speak of plenty of bass in a lake. Basses then refers to fish counted one by one.
basses is a form of bass
bass, noun: The range of low-pitched tones in sound or music. Full entry
- Forms
- bass also pluralbasses plural
- Spelling
- bass → basses: add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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