Timbre

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Timber \Tim"ber\, n. [F. timbre. See {Timbre}.] (Her.)
     The crest on a coat of arms. [Written also {timbre}.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Timber \Tim"ber\, n. [Probably the same word as timber sort of
     wood; cf. Sw. timber, LG. timmer, MHG. zimber, G. zimmer, F.
     timbre, LL. timbrium. Cf. {Timmer}.] (Com.)
     A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines,
     sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases
     forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also
     {timmer}. [Written also {timbre}.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Timbre \Tim"bre\, n.
     See 1st {Timber}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Timbre \Tim"bre\, n. [F., a bell to be struck with a hammer,
     sound, tone, stamp, crest, in OF., a timbrel. Cf. {Timbrel}.]
     1. (Her.) The crest on a coat of arms.
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     2. (Mus.) The quality or tone distinguishing voices or
        instruments; tone color; clang tint; as, the timbre of the
        voice; the timbre of a violin. See {Tone}, and {Partial
        tones}, under {Partial}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  timbre
       n : (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" [syn: {timber}, {quality}, {tone}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "timbre":
     Klangfarbe, clang color, color, coloring, manner of speaking,
     mode of expression, mood, resonance, spirit, tonality, tone,
     tone color, tone of voice, tone quality, voce, voice,
     voice qualifier, voice quality, way of saying