English dictionary
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English noun: timbre | |||
| 1. | timbre (attribute) (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) | ||
| Samples | The timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely. The muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet. | ||
| Synonyms | quality, timber, tone | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sound property | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | color, coloration, colour, colouration, harmonic, nasality, plangency, register, resonance, resonance, reverberance, ringing, shrillness, sonority, sonorousness, stridence, stridency, vibrancy | ||
| Domain category | music | ||
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