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treb

treb is the clipping of treble.

treb is the clipping of trebuchet.

Meaning of treble

Noun

treble (plural trebles)

  1. The highest singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition.
    • 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.1959, The Musical quarterly - Volume 45, page xlvi
  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. (dated) A threefold quantity or number; something having three parts or having been tripled.
  6. (dated) A drink with three portions of alcohol; a triple

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Meaning of trebuchet

Noun

trebuchet (plural trebuchets)

  1. A medieval siege engine consisting of a large pivoting arm heavily weighted on one end.
    • Medieval trebuchets are said to have been capable of launching 90-kg projectiles over distances of more than 300 meters.
  2. A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole.

See all 3 meanings of trebuchet

Forms of treb

pluraltrebs

Questions about treb

What is treb the clipping of?
Treb is the clipping of treble.

Words near treb in the dictionary

  1. treatyless
  2. treatylike
  3. treatymaker
  4. treatymakers
  5. treatymaking
  6. treb
  7. Trebach
  8. trebaculation
  9. trebananib
  10. Trebanos
  11. Trebay

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Adapted from Wiktionary: treb (page history and authors); treble (page history and authors); trebuchet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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