Treble

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Triple: "treble reason for loving as well as working while it is day” ( George Eliot).
  • adj. Music Relating to or having the highest part, voice, or range.
  • adj. High-pitched; shrill.
  • n. Music The highest part, voice, instrument, or range.
  • n. Music A singer or player that performs this part.
  • n. A high, shrill sound or voice.
  • v. To make or become triple.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Threefold, triple.
  • adj. Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music; soprano.
  • adj. High in pitch; shrill.
  • n. The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition.
  • n. A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano.
  • n. Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound.
  • n. A threefold quantity or number; something having three parts or having been tripled.
  • n. Any of the narrow areas enclosed by the two central circles on a dartboard, worth three times the usual value of the segment.
  • n. Three victories, awards etc.
  • v. To multiply by three; to make into three parts, layers, or thrice the amount.
  • v. To make a shrill or high-pitched noise.
  • v. To become multiplied by three or increased threefold.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Threefold; triple.
  • adj.
  • adj. Acute; sharp.
  • adj. Playing or singing the highest part or most acute sounds; playing or singing the treble.
  • ad. Trebly; triply.
  • n. The highest of the four principal parts in music; the part usually sung by boys or women; soprano.
  • v. To make thrice as much; to make threefold.
  • v. To utter in a treble key; to whine.
  • verb-intransitive. To become threefold.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Threefold; triple.
  • In music, pertaining to the voice or the voice-part called treble or soprano; high in pitch; in harmony, occupying the upper place: as, a treble voice; a treble violin. See II.
  • n. In music: Same as soprano (which see).
  • n. A singer with a soprano or treble voice, or an instrument that takes the upper part in concerted music.
  • n. Also triplex.
  • n. In short whist, a game which counts three points to the winners, their adversaries not having scored.
  • To make thrice as much; make threefold; multiply by three; triple.
  • To utter in a high or treble tone; hence, to whine.
  • To become threefold.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. three times as great or many
  • v. sing treble
  • adj. having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
  • adj. having three units or components or elements
  • v. increase threefold
  • n. the pitch range of the highest female voice
  • adj. having or denoting a high range
  • Equivalent
    multiple    high    high-pitched   
    Antonym
    bass   
    Verb Form
    trebled    trebles    trebling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sing    manifold    multiply    pitch   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    threefold    triple    acute    sharp    trebly    triply    soprano    whine    triplicate   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Rebel    nebel    pebble    rebel   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    purl    soprano    shrill    baritone    raucous    stitch    bass    melodious    tuneless    tenor