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Definition of 'treble'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
Related terms
* treble clef
* treble staff
Adverb
( -)
Trebly; triply.
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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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