Treble
WordNet
adjective
(1) Having or denoting a high range
"Soprano voice"
"Soprano sax"
"The boy still had a fine treble voice"
"The treble clef"
(2) 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
(3) 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"
(4) Three times as great or many
"A claim for treble (or triple) damages"
"A threefold increase"
noun
(5) The pitch range of the highest female voice
verb
(6) Increase threefold
"Triple your income!"
(7) Sing treble
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- Threefold, triple.
- Pertaining to the highest singing voice or part in harmonized music; soprano.
- High in pitch; shrill.
Noun
- The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition.
- A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano.
- Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound.
- A threefold quantity or number; something having three parts or having been tripled.
- Any of the narrow areas enclosed by the two central circles on a dartboard, worth three times the usual value of the segment.
- Three victories, awards etc.
Verb
- To multiply by three; to make into three parts, layers, or thrice the amount.
- To make a shrill or high-pitched noise.
- To become multiplied by three or increased threefold.