TIMBRES

Noun

timbres

plural of timbre

Anagrams

• betrims, timbers

Source: Wiktionary


TIMBRE

Tim"bre, n.

Definition: See 1st Timber.

Tim"bre, n. Etym: [F., a bell to be struck with a hammer, sound, tone, stamp, crest, in OF., a timbrel. Cf. Timbrel.]

1. (Her.)

Definition: The crest on a coat of arms.

2. (Mus.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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