timbre
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) (Freq. 2) - the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely - the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet • Syn: timber, quality, tone • Derivationally related forms: tonal (for: tone), tone (for: tone) • Topics: music • Hypernyms: sound property • Hyponyms: harmonic, resonance, color, colour, coloration, colouration, nasality, plangency, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, sonority, vibrancy, shrillness, stridence, stridency, register
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