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counterbase

counterbase is the archaic form of contrabass.

Meaning of contrabass

Noun

contrabass (plural contrabasses)

  1. The part or section one octave lower than bass.
  2. Double bass; string bass.
  3. Any of the several contrabass instruments.
  4. The person or instrument performing the contrabass part.

Questions about counterbase

What is counterbase the archaic form of?
Counterbase is the archaic form of contrabass.

Words near counterbase in the dictionary

  1. counterbalancing
  2. counterbalancingly
  3. counterbalancings
  4. counterbarrage
  5. counterbarrages
  6. counterbase
  7. counterbatten
  8. counterbattens
  9. counterbattery
  10. counterbeam
  11. counterbeat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: counterbase (page history and authors); contrabass (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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