Found 2 items, similar to double bass.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: double bass double bass n : largest and lowest member of the violin family [syn: bass fiddle , bass viol, bull fiddle, contrabass, string bass ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: double bass Violone \Vi`o*lo"ne\, n. [It. violone, augment. of viola a viol. See Viol.] (Mus.) The largest instrument of the bass-viol kind, having strings tuned an octave below those of the violoncello; the contrabasso; -- called also double bass. [Written also violono.] [1913 Webster]