Treble may refer to:
In music:
- Treble (sound), tones of high frequency or range, the counterpart of bass
- Treble clef, a symbol used to indicate the pitch of written notes
- Treble-cut or low-pass filter, which attenuates high frequencies while passing low frequencies
- Treble (voice) or boy soprano, a young male singer with an unchanged voice in the soprano range
- Treble (girl group), a three-piece girl group from the Netherlands
- Treble, in change ringing, the bell with the highest pitch
In other uses:
- Treble, to multiply by 3
- Treble (association football), the achievement of winning three top tier trophies in one season
- Treble (Mega Man), a character in the Mega Man video game series
- Treble-bar, a type of moth
- Treble Cone, a mountain and ski resort in New Zealand
- Treble, a crochet stitch
- Treble jig, an Irish dance
- Treble damages, a legal term indicating triple damages as a penalty
- Treble hook, a fish hook with three evenly spaced shanks and hooks attached to a single eye
- Treble, a type of bet covering three selections
Famous quotes containing the word treble:
“Hortensio. Madam, my instruments in tune.
Bianca. Lets hear. O fie, the treble jars.
Lucentio. Spit in the hole, man, and tune again.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
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