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Timbre Moderate

Timbre has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)

"the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"

"the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"

2

The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
sound property
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
harmonic resonance color nasality plangency shrillness register
Rhyming Words
cabre libre fibre ombre sabre fabre sobre sombre nombre hombre mimbre sambre alambre chambre félibre calibre macabre lesabre celebre myofibre
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