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timbre — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • doorbell noun A button or device by an entrance that rings or chimes to alert people inside that someone is at the door.
  • postmark noun A mark stamped on mail by the postal service showing where and when it was processed.
  • timbre noun The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume.

Senses

timbre is used for these senses in English:

  • doorbell A device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence. It can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building.
  • postage stamp A small piece of printed paper stuck on an item to be mailed, indicating that postage has been paid.
  • postmark A marking made by a postal service on a delivery, usually indicating the place where and the date and time when the item was received or processed for the first time, mostly serving to cancel a postage stamp.
  • revenue stamp A stamp to be affixed as proof that the tax due on the marked product has been paid.
  • timbre The quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume.

doorbell — full definition

  1. noun A button or device by an entrance that rings or chimes to alert people inside that someone is at the door.
  2. verb (US politics) To go door to door canvassing, ringing bells to talk to residents.

postmark — full definition

  1. noun A mark stamped on mail by the postal service showing where and when it was processed.
  2. verb To stamp mail with a postmark.

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