How to sign: (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
"the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet";
Similiar / Same: tone, quality, timber
Categories: sound property
Within this category: color, fullness, harshness, nasality, plangency, register, resonance, shrillness