tone
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Is tone a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of tone?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (music) A specific pitch.
2. (music) (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.Synonyms: whole tone
3. (music) (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
4. (language, linguistics) The pitch of a word's sound that distinguishes a difference in meaning, as for example in Chinese.
5. (language, dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.Examples: "Children often read with a tone."dated
6. (language, literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed, especially the aspects of diction (word choice), connotation, emotiveness, and register.Examples: "Their tone was dissatisfied, almost menacing."
verb (English)
1. (transitive) to give a particular tone totransitive
2. (transitive) to change the colour ofSynonyms: color, colour, dye, paint, tinttransitive
3. (transitive) to make (something) firmerSynonyms: firm, firm up, tone uptransitive
4. (transitive) to utter with an affected tone.transitive
pron (English)
1. (now dialectal) the one (of two)dialectal
Definition source: Wiktionary