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tone color

tone color noun: synonym of timbre (“quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume”).

Noun

tone color (plural tone colors)

  1. Synonym of timbre (“quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume”).
    Synonyms:
    timbre

Synonyms of tone color

Forms of tone color

pluraltone colors
alternative Commonwealth Irelandtone colour

Questions about tone color

What does tone color mean?
Tone color means synonym of timbre (“quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume”).
What part of speech is tone color?
Tone color is a noun.
What is the plural of tone color?
The plural of tone color is tone colors.

Words near tone color in the dictionary

  1. Tondu
  2. tone
  3. tone arm
  4. tone arms
  5. tone cluster
  6. tone color
  7. tone colors
  8. tone colour
  9. tone deaf
  10. tone deafness
  11. tone dialing

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