Treble1. (a.) Threefold; triple; also a high, sharp sound.
2. (a.) Acute; sharp; as, a treble sound.
3. (a.) Playing or singing the highest part or most acute sounds; playing or singing the treble; as, a treble violin or voice.
4. (adv.) Trebly; triply.
5. (n.) The highest of the four principal parts in music; the part usually sung by boys or women; soprano.
6. (v. t.) To make thrice as much; to make threefold.
7. (v. t.) To utter in a treble key; to whine.
8. (v. i.) To become threefold.
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