Clef

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Music A symbol indicating the pitch represented by one line of a staff, in relation to which the other pitches of the staff can be determined.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches indicated by the lines on the staff
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A character used in musical notation to determine the position and pitch of the scale as represented on the staff.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In music, a character placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of one of its degrees, so that the names of the others may be known.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it
  • Equivalent
    bass clef   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Hyponym
    treble clef    treble staff    viola clef    tenor clef    C clef    bass clef    G clef    alto clef    F clef    soprano clef   
    Form
    C clef    treble clef    tenor clef    G clef    F clef    bass clef   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Deaf    F    Geoff    Jeff    Steph    chef    deaf    f    f.    jeff   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sax    euphonium    tuba    b-flat    trombone    outrance    arpeggios    viol    populaire    Maxi