timbre
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely
Types & categories
- sound property hypernym
- harmonic hyponym
- resonance hyponym
- coloration hyponym
- nasality hyponym
- plangency hyponym
- stridence hyponym
- register hyponym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tone |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tonal |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound property |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | harmonic |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | resonance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | coloration |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nasality |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | plangency |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stridence |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | register |