Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Basso

Basso ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Italian, from Late Latin bassus. See Base, a.]

(a)
(Music) The bass or lowest part; as, to sing basso.
(b)
(Music) One who sings the lowest part.
(c)
(Music) The double bass, or contrabasso.
Collocations (1)
\'d8Basso continuo (Music) , A bass part written out continuously, while the other parts of the harmony are indicated by figures attached to the bass; continued bass.