TREBLE
\tɹˈɛbə͡l], \tɹˈɛbəl], \t_ɹ_ˈɛ_b_əl]\
Definitions of TREBLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison
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sing treble
By Princeton University
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Acute; sharp; as, a treble sound.
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Playing or singing the highest part or most acute sounds; playing or singing the treble; as, a treble violin or voice.
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Trebly; triply.
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The highest of the four principal parts in music; the part usually sung by boys or women; soprano.
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To make thrice as much; to make threefold.
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To utter in a treble key; to whine.
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To become threefold.
By Oddity Software
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Acute; sharp; as, a treble sound.
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Playing or singing the highest part or most acute sounds; playing or singing the treble; as, a treble violin or voice.
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Trebly; triply.
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The highest of the four principal parts in music; the part usually sung by boys or women; soprano.
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To make thrice as much; to make threefold.
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To utter in a treble key; to whine.
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To become threefold.
By Noah Webster.
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To become threefold.
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The highest vocal or instrumental part of music; a soprano.
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To make threefold.
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Trebly.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To become threefold.
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To make threefold.
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Threefold; triple; acute; sharp; that plays or sings the treble.
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The highest of the parts in singing or playing; the one who plays or sings the treble.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Trebly.
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Triple: threefold: (music) denoting the treble, that plays or sings the treble.
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The highest of the four principal parts in the musical scale.
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To make three times as much.
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To become threefold:-pa.p. trebled.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Threefold; acute in a threefold degree.
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In music, the highest or most acute part of the four parts in a harmonised piece of music; one who plays or sings the treble.
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To multiply by three; to become threefold.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
