ternary, treble, triple, triplex
(adjective) 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”
treble, threefold, three-fold, triple
(adjective) three times as great or many; “a claim for treble (or triple) damages”; “a threefold increase”
triple, three-base hit, three-bagger
(noun) a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base
triple
(noun) a quantity that is three times as great as another
trio, triad, triplet, triple
(noun) a set of three similar things considered as a unit
triple, treble
(verb) increase threefold; “Triple your income!”
triple
(verb) hit a three-base hit
Source: WordNet® 3.1
triple (not comparable)
Made up of three related elements, often matching
Of three times the quantity.
Designed for three users.
Folded in three; composed of three layers.
Having three aspects.
(music) Of time, three times as fast as very fast.
(obsolete) One of three; third.
• (made up of three related elements): tern, treble; see also triple
• (three times the quantity): threefold, thrissome; see also threefold
triple (plural triples)
Three times or thrice the number, amount, size, etc
(informal) A drink with three portions of alcohol.
(US) A hamburger with three patties.
(baseball) A three-base hit
(basketball) A three-point field goal
(curling) A takeout shot in which three stones are removed from play.
(mathematics, computing) A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple.
• (computing): Hoare triple
triple (third-person singular simple present triples, present participle tripling, simple past and past participle tripled)
To multiply by three
(baseball) To get a three-base hit
To become three times as large
To serve or operate as (something), in addition to two other functions.
• Pirtle, Tipler, let rip, prelit, tripel
Source: Wiktionary
Tri"ple, a. Etym: [L. triplus; tri- (see Tri-) + -plus, as in duplus double: cf. F. triple. See Double, and cf. Treble.]
1. Consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threefold; as, a triple knot; a triple tie. By thy triple shape as thou art seen. Dryden.
2. Three times repeated; treble. See Treble.
3. One of three; third. [Obs.] Shak. Triple crown, the crown, or tiara, of the pope. See Tiara, 2.
– Triple-expansion steam engine, a compound steam engine in which the same steam performs work in three cylinders successively.
– Triple measure (Mus.), a measure of tree beats of which first only is accented.
– Triple ratio (Math.), a ratio which is equal to 3.
– Triple salt (Chem.), a salt containing three distinct basic atoms as radicals; thus, microcosmic salt is a triple salt.
– Triple star (Astron.), a system of three stars in close proximity.
– Triple time (Mus.), that time in which each measure is divided into three equal parts.
– Triple valve, in an automatic air brake for railroad cars, the valve under each car, by means of which the brake is controlled by a change of pressure in the air pipe leading from the locomotive.
Tri"ple, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tripled; p. pr. & vb. n. Tripling.] Etym: [Cf. F. tripler. See Triple, a.]
Definition: To make threefold, or thrice as much or as many; to treble; as, to triple the tax on coffee.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
