treble staff

noun Music.

a staff, bearing a treble clef.

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Nearby words

trebbia, trebizond, treble, treble chance, treble clef, treble staff, treblinka, trebuchet, trecento, tredecillion, tree

Origin of treble staff

First recorded in 1900–05

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