Treble

['treb(ə)l] or ['trɛbl]

Definition

(verb.) sing treble.

(adj.) three times as great or many; 'a claim for treble (or triple) damages'; 'a threefold increase' .

Checker: Sumner--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Threefold; triple.

(a.) Acute; sharp; as, a treble sound.

(a.) Playing or singing the highest part or most acute sounds; playing or singing the treble; as, a treble violin or voice.

(adv.) Trebly; triply.

(n.) The highest of the four principal parts in music; the part usually sung by boys or women; soprano.

(v. t.) To make thrice as much; to make threefold.

(v. t.) To utter in a treble key; to whine.

(v. i.) To become threefold.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Triple, threefold.

v. a. Triple, make threefold.

n. (Music.) Highest part (for a woman's voice).

Editor: Vince

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Sharp, acute, highest

ANT:Base, low, deepest

Editor: Samantha

Definition

adj. triple: threefold: (mus.) denoting the treble that plays or sings the treble.—n. the highest of the four principal parts in the musical scale.—v.t. to make three times as much.—v.i. to become threefold:—pa.p. treb′led (-ld).—adj. Treb′le-dā′ted living three times as long as man.—n. Treb′leness.—p.adj. Treb′le-sin′ewed (Shak.) having threefold sinews very strong.—adv. Treb′ly.

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