Definitions for: Treble


[n] the pitch range of the highest female voice
[adj] having or denoting a high range; "soprano voice"; "soprano sax"; "the boy still had a fine treble voice"; "the treble clef"
[adj] having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison
[adj] having three units or components or elements; "a ternary operation"; "a treble row of red beads"; "overcrowding made triple sessions necessary"; "triple time has three beats per measure"; "triplex windows"
[adj] three times as great or many; "a claim for treble (or triple) damages"; "a threefold increase"
[v] increase threefold; "Triple your income!"
[v] sing treble



Webster (1913) Definition: Tre"ble, a. [OE. treble threefold, OF. treble, treible,
L. triplus. See Triple.]
1. Threefold; triple.

A lofty tower, and strong on every side With treble
walls. --Dryden.

2. (Mus.)
(a) Acute; sharp; as, a treble sound. --Bacon.
(b) Playing or singing the highest part or most acute
sounds; playing or singing the treble; as, a treble
violin or voice.


Tre"ble, adv.
Trebly; triply. [Obs.] --J. Fletcher.


Tre"ble, n. [`` It has been said to be a corruption of
triplum [Lat.], a third part, superadded to the altus and
bassus (high and low).'' --Grove.] (Mus.)
The highest of the four principal parts in music; the part
usually sung by boys or women; soprano.

Note: This is sometimes called the first treble, to
distinguish it from the second treble, or alto, which
is sung by lower female voices.


Tre"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trebled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Trebling.]
1. To make thrice as much; to make threefold. ``Love trebled
life.'' --Tennyson.

2. To utter in a treble key; to whine. [Obs.]

He outrageously (When I accused him) trebled his
reply. --Chapman.


Tre"ble, v. i.
To become threefold. --Swift.

Synonyms: double, dual, high, high-pitched, multiple, soprano, soprano, ternary, threefold, triple, triple, triplex, twofold

See Also: high frequency, high pitch, manifold, multiply, sing

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