electric bass
electric bass · electric basses
An electric bass guitar with four strings, larger than a normal electric guitarAn electric bass guitar with four strings, larger than a normal electric guitar. It has a lower pitch and is often used as a back-up beat for the lead guitar.
/ɪˈlɛktɹɪkbeɪs/
» He plays the electric bass guitar.
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1 sensesAn electric bass guitar with four strings, larger than a normal electric guitar. It has a lower pitch and is often used as a back-up beat for the lead guitar.
Examples
1 sentencesHe plays the electric bass guitar.
Translations
4 languagesForms
plural: electric basses| Singular | electric bass |
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Word family
1 related wordsDerivedelectric bassist
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.