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A fish with spiny fins, found in both fresh and salt water and used for food.

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Used as a noun, listen here, it means: A fish with spiny fins, found in both fresh and salt water and used for food. Used as a noun, listen here, it means: Low-pitched sound.

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  • bass is a specialty of that seaside restaurant.
  • Adjective : a bass voice; a bass instrument
  • But, of course, he might have meant "bass" as in "bass guitar."
  • "I know not what you call my bass," said Heyward, piqued at her remark,
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  • The "bass" (male singer of the lowest vocal range) loves to eat "bass" (a fish) and lives a "base" (lowborn, vile) life.
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