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bass drum
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bass drum has 1 sense
- bass drum(n = noun.artifact) gran casa - a large drum with two heads; makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch; Array is a kind of drum, membranophone, tympan
CIDE DICTIONARY
bass drum, a.
The largest of the different kinds of drums, having two heads, and emitting a deep, grave sound. See Bass, a. [1913 Webster]
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