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timbre

noun as in tone

noun as in sound

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Recorded in large part during the band’s sojourn to New Orleans, the record positively brims with energy and musical timbre.

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"We have that same timbre but I've had to work on the way he speaks."

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But Jones’ timbre perhaps gave voice to something universal, a sound to nobility and resplendence.

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You could converse in a limited way with Siri, whose default female-coded voice had the timbre and tone of a self-assured middle-aged hotel concierge.

Abela, who does her own singing and miraculously captures the vintage jazz style and timbre of Winehouse’s undeniable vocal talent, delivers a fully committed performance.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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