| tondo |
a circular painting. |
| tone |
a sound with reference to its pitch, strength, or duration. [10 definitions] |
| tone arm |
the pivoting arm on a phonograph that holds the needle. |
| tone cluster |
a group of notes close in pitch to each other played simultaneously, as on a keyboard or by several instrumentalists. |
| tone color |
the characteristic quality of sound from an instrument or voice; timbre. |
| tone control |
on an amplifier, a manually controlled device that regulates the intensity of high and low frequencies. |
| tone-deaf |
unable to distinguish differences in musical pitch. |
| tone down |
to make less harsh, loud, or bright; soften. |
| tone language |
a language, such as Chinese, Swedish, or Bantu, in which the pitch or tone contour of a word helps to distinguish its meaning from that of another word that otherwise sounds like it; tonal language. |
| toneless |
combined form of tone. |
| tone poem |
see "symphonic poem." |
| tone row |
a series of tones, arranged in an arbitrary order with no duplications, used in serial music; twelve-tone series. |
| tong1 |
to use tongs on, as in lifting or handling. [2 definitions] |
| tong2 |
a Chinese society, political organization, or the like. [2 definitions] |
| Tonga |
an island country in the southwestern Pacific, east of Fiji. |
| Tongan |
a native or inhabitant of Tonga, or a descendant thereof. [2 definitions] |
| tongs |
(usu. used with a pl. verb) any of various hand-held instruments consisting of two arms that are hinged or otherwise joined, and used to grasp small objects. |
| tongue |
the fleshy, movable organ in the bottom of the mouth, used for licking, tasting, swallowing, and human speech. [10 definitions] |
| tongue-and-groove joint |
a carpentry joint in which a projection on one board is fitted into a matching groove on the next. |
| -tongued |
having a tongue or manner of speaking of (such) a kind. |
| tongue-in-cheek |
meant in jest or irony. |