timbre (n)
timber (n)
quality#1 (n)
tone#1 (n)

n04987620

type n
lex_filenum 07
def (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
examples the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely
the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet
Outgoing links
Hypernym sound property
Domain of synset - TOPIC music
Derivationally related form tone → tonal; tone → tone
Hyponym harmonic; resonance; color, colour, coloration, colouration; nasality; plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, sonority, vibrancy; shrillness, stridence, stridency; register
Incoming links
Derivationally related form tonal → tone; tone → tone
Hyponym sound property
Hypernym harmonic; resonance; color, colour, coloration, colouration; nasality; plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, sonority, vibrancy; shrillness, stridence, stridency; register
Member of this domain - TOPIC music

Back to the index

Click for the XML entry