ETYM French, a bell to be struck with a hammer, sound, tone, stamp, crest, in Old Fren., a timbrel. Related to Timbrel.
Distinctive quality of a sound.
(Homonym: timber).
The distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); SYN. timber, quality, tone.
In music, the tone color, or quality of tone, characteristic of a particular instrument or voice.