Ton — meaning in English
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English meaning
- clay noun A fine-grained, sticky earth that becomes pliable when wet and hardens when fired or dried — used for pottery, bricks, and sculpture.
- note noun A short piece of writing made to record or remember something.
- sound noun A sensation perceived by the ear, caused by vibrations traveling through air or another medium.
- tint noun A slight or pale shade of a color.
- tone noun The quality or character of a sound, especially its pitch, timbre, or emotional colouring.
Senses
Ton is used for these senses in English:
- clay A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
- clay (tennis) A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.
- note (music) A sound.
- tint A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
- tone (music) (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
- tone (language, dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.
clay — full definition
- noun A fine-grained, sticky earth that becomes pliable when wet and hardens when fired or dried — used for pottery, bricks, and sculpture.
- noun A tennis court surface made of crushed stone or brick.
note — full definition
- noun A short piece of writing made to record or remember something.
- noun A single musical sound of a particular pitch, or its written symbol.
- noun A piece of paper currency; a banknote.
- verb To notice or pay attention to something, or to write it down.