Meaning & Definition of Treble in English

1. The pitch range of the highest female voice

1. Sing treble

2. Increase threefold

• "Triple your income!"

1. Having or denoting a high range

• "Soprano voice"

• "Soprano sax"

• "The boy still had a fine treble voice"

• "The treble clef"

2. Three times as great or many

• "A claim for treble (or triple) damages"

• "A threefold increase"

3. 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"

4. 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"-frederick harrison