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treble

Short definition from Wiktionary

Adjective

  1. High in pitch.
  2. Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music; soprano.
  3. Threefold, triple.

Adverb

  1. Trebly; triply.

Noun

  1. The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition.
  2. A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano.
  3. The highest tuned in a ring of bells.
  4. Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound.
  5. A threefold quantity or number; something having three parts or having been tripled.
  6. A drink with three portions of alcohol; a triple
  7. Any of the narrow areas enclosed by the two central circles on a dartboard, worth three times the usual value of the segment.
  8. Three goals, victories, awards etc. in a given match or season.
  9. Three goals, victories, awards etc. in a given match or season: A win in the top league, top national cup and top continental cup in the same season.
  10. Alternative form of tribble (“frame for drying paper”).

Verb

  1. To multiply by three; to make into three parts, layers, or thrice the amount.
  2. To become multiplied by three or increased threefold.
  3. To make a shrill or high-pitched noise.
  4. To utter in a treble key; to whine.

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