f clef

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsbass clef

   Broaderclef

Questions about f clef

What does f clef mean?

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

What is another word for f clef?

Close synonyms include bass 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 f clef a common word?

f 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.