bass clef

1. 1.

   a clef that puts the F below middle C on the fourth line of a staff

   SynonymsF clef

   Broaderclef

Questions about bass clef

What does bass clef mean?

bass clef means "a clef that puts the F below middle C on the fourth line of a staff".

What is another word for bass clef?

Close synonyms include F clef. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bass clef a common word?

bass clef is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.