Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna large drum with two heads; makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan bombo
- bombolarge drum with a low pitch
Chinese Mandarin 大鼓
- 大鼓 (dàgǔ)large drum with a low pitch
Dutch basdrum, bastrommel
- basdrumlarge drum with a low pitch
- bastrommellarge drum with a low pitch
- grote tromlarge drum with a low pitch
Finnish bassorumpu
- bassorumpularge drum with a low pitch
French grosse caisse
- grosse caisselarge drum with a low pitch
German große Trommel
- große Trommellarge drum with a low pitch
Greek γκρανκάσα
- γκρανκάσα (gkrankása)large drum with a low pitch
Hungarian nagydob
- nagydoblarge drum with a low pitch
Irish druma mór, dord-druma
- druma mórlarge drum with a low pitch
- dord-drumalarge drum with a low pitch
Italian grancassa
- grancassalarge drum with a low pitch
Japanese バスドラム
- バスドラム (basu doramu)large drum with a low pitch
Korean 큰북, 베이스 드럼
- 큰북 (keunbuk)large drum with a low pitch
- 베이스 드럼 (beiseu deureom)large drum with a low pitch
Persian کوس, دهل
- کوس (kus)large drum with a low pitch
- دهل (dohol)large drum with a low pitch
Polish bęben wielki
- bęben wielkilarge drum with a low pitch
Portuguese bumbo
- bumbolarge drum with a low pitch
Russian большо́й бараба́н, туре́цкий бараба́н
- большо́й бараба́н (bolʹšój barabán)large drum with a low pitch
- туре́цкий бараба́н (turéckij barabán)large drum with a low pitch
Spanish bombo
- bombolarge drum with a low pitch
Swedish bastrumma
- bastrummalarge drum with a low pitch
Cite this entry
APA
bass drum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bass%20drum
MLA
“bass drum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bass%20drum. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bass drum,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bass%20drum.
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