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Treble

/ˈtɹɛbəl/ · adjective

Meaning

(music) Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music..

Definitions by Sense

  1. (music) Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music.
  2. (dated) Threefold, triple.
  3. (dated) Trebly; triply.
  4. (music) The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition.
  5. (music) A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano.
  6. The highest tuned in a ring of bells.
  7. Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound.
  8. (dated) A threefold quantity or number; something having three parts or having been tripled.

Example Sentences

He put his cigar in his mouth, and, with his right hand, up in the treble keys, he began to play, in octaves, the melody of a song called "The Kinkajou," which, somewhat notably, had shifted into and ostensibly out of popularity before he was born.
The treble walls and ditches on the land side … diminish the extent of ground covered with houses.
A lofty tower, and strong on every side / With treble walls.
Every subscriber of one penny per week, who is sixty years of age, or upwards, and under four-score, to be entitled to receive treble his subscription at the end of the year; that is, his own subscription, and twice as much more.
At the surface of the water it's fourteen pounds to the inch, thirty feet down it's double that; sixty, treble; ninety, four times
Whose deserts might buy him treble
He starts out by saying that there are three sights, the mene, treble, and quadreble, but actually he discusses only two, the treble and quadreble, both of which are read at the transposition of an octave.
The voices include a counter (always below the tenor), a countertenor (moving above and below the tenor), mene, treble, and quadreble.

Synonyms for treble

trebletripletriplicatehigh-pitchedstridentternternarythreefoldtriadictrinarytrinethricethricelytreblytriplykeenscreechshrillhighdoubledualmultipletwofoldsopranotriplex

Antonyms for treble

thirdtripartitiontrisectdeep

Related Words

sopranodualdoublemultipletwofoldtripleternaryhighthreefoldtriplexhigh-pitchedclefshawmvioltweetercutting-edgeacuteredoubletwiddlersharp

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does treble mean?

Treble means (music) Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music..

What is a synonym for treble?

Common synonyms include treble, triple, triplicate, high-pitched.

What is the opposite of treble?

Possible antonyms include third, tripartition, trisect, deep.

How do you use treble in a sentence?

He put his cigar in his mouth, and, with his right hand, up in the treble keys, he began to play, in octaves, the melody of a song called "The Kinkajou," which, somewhat notably, had shifted into and ostensibly out of popularity before he was born.

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