Words · Common
tone
/toʊn/ · 4 letters · 4 distinct letters
- noun
the quality of a person's voice
he began in a conversational tone
- noun
(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
the Beijing dialect uses four tones
- noun
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely
- noun
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
the feel of the city excited him
- noun
a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted