Definition of trebles Trebles
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What does trebles mean?
Wiktionary 
- trebles (Noun)
Plural of treble.
Part of speech
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| treble - sing treble | ||
| sing to make melodious sounds; "The nightingale was singing" | ||
| treble - increase threefold; "Triple your income!" | ||
| triple | ||
| manifold, multiply make multiple copies of; "multiply a letter" | ||
Adjectivetreble, trebler, treblest |
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| treble - three times as great or many; "a claim for treble (or triple) damages"; "a threefold increase" | ||
| threefold, three-fold, triple | ||
| treble - having or denoting a high range; "soprano voice"; "soprano sax"; "the boy still had a fine treble voice"; "the treble clef" | ||
| soprano | ||
| treble - having three units or components or elements; "a ternary operation"; "a treble row of red beads"; "overcrowding made triple sessions necessary"; "triple time has three beats per measure"; "triplex windows" | ||
| ternary, triple, triplex | ||
| treble - having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison | ||
| double, dual, twofold, two-fold, threefold, three-fold | ||
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Wiktionary
- treble (Noun)
The highest singing voice especially as for a boy or part in musical composition. - treble (Noun)
A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano . - treble (Noun)
Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound. - treble (Noun)
A threefold quantity or number; something having three parts or having been tripled. - treble (Noun)
Any of the narrow areas enclosed by the two central circles on a dartboard, worth three times the usual value of the segment. - treble (Noun)
Three victories, awards etc. - treble (Verb)
To multiply by three; to make into three parts, layers, or thrice the amount. - treble (Verb)
To make a shrill or high-pitched noise. - treble (Verb)
To become multiplied by three or increased threefold. - treble (Adverb)
Trebly; triply. - treble (Adjective)
Threefold, triple. - treble (Adjective)
Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music; soprano. - treble (Adjective)
High in pitch; shrill.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary đ
- treble (a.)
Threefold; triple. - treble (a.)
Acute; sharp; as, a treble sound. - treble (a.)
Playing or singing the highest part or most acute sounds; playing or singing the treble; as, a treble violin or voice. - treble (adv.)
Trebly; triply. - treble (n.)
The highest of the four principal parts in music; the part usually sung by boys or women; soprano. - treble (v. t.)
To make thrice as much; to make threefold. - treble (v. t.)
To utter in a treble key; to whine. - treble (v. i.)
To become threefold.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ί
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To make three times as great. -
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To become three times as great.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary đ
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treble
trebâ˛l, adj. triple: threefold: (mus.) denoting the treble, that plays or sings the treble.ân. the highest of the four principal parts in the musical scale.âv.t. to make three times as much.âv.i. to become threefold:âpa.p. trebâ˛led (-ld).âadj. Trebâ˛le-dÄâ˛ted, living three times as long as man.ân. Trebâ˛leness.âp.adj. Trebâ˛le-sinâ˛ewed (Shak.), having threefold sinews, very strong.âadv. Trebâ˛ly. [O. Fr.,âL. triplus.]
Wikipedia 
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The word treble is used, especially in British English, to mean the singing voice of a boy or girl. Often it is called boy soprano, but since there are also many girls who sing in cathedral and church choirs these days, the word treble is now used to describe the voice of either sex.
A boy can sing treble until he reaches puberty. At puberty he starts to become a man and his voice range will go down (we say that his voice âbreaksâ). He will then become a tenor, baritone or bass, or he may even train to be a countertenor. A girlâs voice also changes when she reaches puberty, but the change into a grown-up female voice is more gradual than with a boy, and it is still within the soprano or alto range.
Boys who join a cathedral choir or the choir of a large church will have to work hard to develop their voice and learn to sing musically. They often start this training aged 7 or 8, and they may only have four or five years before their voice starts to break. They do not usually become famous as soloists, but the Welsh treble Aled Jones became very famous for about three years and made many recordings before his voice broke in 1987.
The word âtrebleâ is used for children singing in a Classical Music style, especially church music. Although children do not usually sing in opera, occasionally a treble is used for the part of a very small boy, e.g. in Debussyâs opera "PĂŠllĂŠas et MĂŠlisande".
