Word.ws English Dictionary

upright bass

upright bass noun: a double bass. (lowest-pitched of instruments of violin family).

upright bass: a double bass. (lowest-pitched of instruments of violin family)
Image: AndrewKepert, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Noun

upright bass (plural upright basses)

  1. A double bass. (lowest-pitched of instruments of violin family)

Forms of upright bass

pluralupright basses

Words formed from upright bass

Questions about upright bass

What does upright bass mean?
Upright bass means a double bass. (lowest-pitched of instruments of violin family).
What part of speech is upright bass?
Upright bass is a noun.
What is the plural of upright bass?
The plural of upright bass is upright basses.

Words near upright bass in the dictionary

  1. upridge
  2. upridged
  3. upridges
  4. upridging
  5. upright
  6. upright bass
  7. upright basses
  8. upright bassist
  9. upright bassists
  10. upright bicycle
  11. upright freezer

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: upright bass (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “upright bass.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/upright_bass. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.