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Definition of 'treble'

English

(wikipedia)

Adjective

(-)
  • Threefold, triple.
  • * Dryden
  • A lofty tower, and strong on every side / With treble walls.
  • (music) Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music; soprano.
  • * 1957 , :
  • *: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.
  • High in pitch; shrill.
  • Antonyms

    * (music) bass * (maths) third

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Trebly; triply.
  • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (music) The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition.
  • (music) A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano.
  • Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound.
  • A threefold quantity or number; something having three parts or having been tripled.
  • (darts) Any of the narrow areas enclosed by the two central circles on a dartboard, worth three times the usual value of the segment.
  • (sports) Three goals, victories, awards etc. in a given match or season.
  • * 2014 , Jacob Steinberg, " Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian , 9 March 2014:
  • As for City, a domestic treble is off the cards and they must haul themselves off the floor quickly with the second leg of their last-16 Champions League tie against Barcelona on Wednesday.

    Verb

    (trebl)
  • To multiply by three; to make into three parts, layers, or thrice the amount.
  • To become multiplied by three or increased threefold.
  • To make a shrill or high-pitched noise.
  • To utter in a treble key; to whine.
  • * Chapman
  • He outrageously / (When I accused him) trebled his reply.

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