Noun
the pitch range of the highest female voice

Verb
increase threefold; "Triple your income!"

Verb
sing treble

Adjective S.
having or denoting a high range; "soprano voice"; "soprano sax"; "the boy still had a fine treble voice"; "the treble clef"

Adjective S.
having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederic

Adjective S.
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"

Adjective S.
three times as great or many; "a claim for treble (or triple) damages"; "a threefold increase"

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a.
Threefold; triple.

a.
Acute; sharp; as, a treble sound.

a.
Playing or singing the highest part or most acute sounds; playing or singing the treble; as, a treble violin or voice.

adv.
Trebly; triply.

n.
The highest of the four principal parts in music; the part usually sung by boys or women; soprano.

v. t.
To make thrice as much; to make threefold.

v. t.
To utter in a treble key; to whine.

v. i.
To become threefold.

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Treble

Tre"ble , a. [OE. treble threefold, OF. treble, treible, L. triplus. See Triple.] 1. Threefold; triple.

A lofty tower, and strong on every side With treble walls.

2. (Mus.) (a) Acute; sharp; as, a treble sound. Bacon. (b) Playing or singing the highest part or most acute sounds; playing or singing the treble; as, a treble violin or voice.

Treble

Tre"ble, adv. Trebly; triply. [Obs.] J. Fletcher.

Treble

Tre"ble, n. [" It has been said to be a corruption of triplum [Lat.], a third part, superadded to the altus and bassus (high and low)." Grove.] (Mus.) The highest of the four principal parts in music; the part usually sung by boys or women; soprano. &hand; This is sometimes called the first treble, to distinguish it from the second treble, or alto, which is sung by lower female voices.

Treble

Tre"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trebled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Trebling.] 1. To make thrice as much; to make threefold. "Love trebled life." Tennyson. 2. To utter in a treble key; to whine. [Obs.]

He outrageously (When I accused him) trebled his reply.

Treble

Tre"ble, v. i. To become threefold. Swift.

Threefold; triple.

Trebly; triply.

The highest of the four principal parts in music; the part usually sung by boys or women; soprano.

To make thrice as much; to make threefold.

To become threefold.