timbre — meaning in English

English meaning

• crest noun The highest point of something, such as a hill or wave.
• seal noun A marine mammal with flippers that lives partly on land and partly in the sea.
• timbre noun The particular character of a sound that lets you tell it apart from another note at the same pitch and loudness.

Senses

timbre is used for these senses in English:

• crest (heraldry) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.
• seal A facsimile of an impression of such stamp that is a mark or symbol of an office or organisation.
• timbre The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume.

crest — full definition

1. noun The highest point of something, such as a hill or wave.
2. noun A tuft of feathers or fur on an animal's head, or a decorative emblem, especially of a family or institution.
3. verb To reach the top of something, or to rise to a peak.

seal — full definition

1. noun A marine mammal with flippers that lives partly on land and partly in the sea.
2. noun An official stamp, or the mark it leaves, used to authenticate a document.
3. verb To close something securely so it cannot be opened without damage, or to prevent leakage.

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