Timbre

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  • noun. The combination of qualities of a sound that distinguishes it from other sounds of the same pitch and volume.
  • noun. Distinctive character.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To play the timbrel.
  • noun. In acoustics, that characteristic quality of sounds produced from some particular source, as from an instrument or a voice, by which they are distinguished from sounds from other sources, as from other instruments or other voices; quality; tone-color.
  • noun. A tambourine; a timbrel.
  • noun. Same as timbe.
  • noun. An old spelling of timber, timber, timber.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. See 1st timber.
  • noun. The crest on a coat of arms.
  • noun. The quality or tone distinguishing voices or instruments; tone color; clang tint; See Tone, and Partial tones, under Partial.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume.
  • noun. The crest on a coat of arms.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
    • Word Usage
    "I think it is what they call the timbre that is different."
    cross-reference
    timbrel arch  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sound property  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    color  coloration  colour  colouration  harmonic  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Kimber  imber  limber  timber  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    accent  articulation  cadence  chuckle  colouring  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Klangfarbe  clang  clang color  clang tint  color  
    variant
    partial  timber  tone  
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