treble
threefold; triple.
Music.
of or relating to the highest part in harmonized music; soprano.
of the highest pitch or range, as a voice part, voice, singer, or instrument.
high in pitch; shrill.
Music.
the treble or soprano part.
a treble voice, singer, or instrument.
a high or shrill voice or sound.
the highest-pitched peal of a bell.
to make or become three times as much or as many; triple.
Origin of treble
1Other words from treble
- tre·bly [treb-lee], /ˈtrɛb li/, adverb
Words Nearby treble
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How to use treble in a sentence
The sound profile skewed toward a brighter treble than equivalent headsets I’ve tested.
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She looked through his list of potential song titles and came across one called “treble Bass.”
‘All About That Bass’ Singer Meghan Trainor On Haters and Her Polarizing (and Unlikely) No. 1 Hit | Marlow Stern | October 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt the time of his death, Fleming had pulled off a rare treble in English literature.
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Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing | Richard Duckworth and Fabian StedmanThe Seven-score and four on the six middle Bells, the treble leading, and the tenor lying behind every change, makes good Musick.
Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing | Richard Duckworth and Fabian StedmanSir Peter Edlin, it seems, has been doing treble the amount of work for a two-third's salary.
The simplest form was the Doublette sounding the 15th and 22nd (the double and treble octave) of the note struck.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerThou knittest togider the mene sowle of treble kinde, moeving alle thinges'; &c.
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British Dictionary definitions for treble
/ (ˈtrɛbəl) /
threefold; triple
of, relating to, or denoting a soprano voice or part or a high-pitched instrument
three times the amount, size, etc
a soprano voice or part or a high-pitched instrument
the highest register of a musical instrument
the high-frequency response of an audio amplifier, esp in a record player or tape recorder
a control knob on such an instrument by means of which the high-frequency gain can be increased or decreased
bell-ringing the lightest and highest bell in a ring
the narrow inner ring on a dartboard
a hit on this ring
to make or become three times as much
Origin of treble
1Derived forms of treble
- trebleness, noun
- trebly, adverb, adjective
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