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tones


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tones - noun

  • the quality of a person's voice
  • (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
  • (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
  • the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
  • a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
  • a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
  • a steady sound without overtones
  • the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
  • a musical interval of two semitones
  • the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
  • tones - thesaurus

    feel   feeling   flavor American English spelling   flavour British English spelling   look   note   quality   shade   smell   spirit   step   timber   timbre   tincture   tint   tonicity   tonus  

    Scrabble score for tones

    t is 1 o is 1 n is 1 e is 1 s is 1
    Scrabble score = 5

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