Treble

Definitions

1. The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition.
2. A person or instrument having a treble voice or pitch; a boy soprano.
3. The highest tuned in a ring of bells.
4. Any high-pitched or shrill voice or sound.
5. A threefold quantity or number; something having three parts or having been tripled.
   dated
6. A drink with three portions of alcohol; a triple
   dated
7. Any of the narrow areas enclosed by the two central circles on a dartboard, worth three times the usual value of the segment.
8. Three goals, victories, awards etc. in a given match or season.
9. A win in the top league, top national cup and top continental cup in the same season.

Equivalents

Examples

“He starts out by saying that there are three sights, the mene, treble, and quadreble, but actually he discusses only two, the treble and quadreble, both of which are read⟳ at the transposition of an octave.”

“The voices include⟳ a counter (always below the tenor), a countertenor (moving above and below the tenor), mene, treble, and quadreble.”

“The counter involves transposition of the sighted note⟳ to the fifth below (for extremely low notes a twelfth), the mene and countertenor do not transpose, the treble transposes to the octave above, and the quadreble to the twelfth above.”

“As for City, a domestic treble is off the cards and they must haul themselves off the floor quickly with the second leg of their last⟳-16 Champions League tie against Barcelona on Wednesday.”

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