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Word entry · 4 letters

tone

Best crossword clue

"Sound quality or shade"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈtəʊn/Part of speech verb, nounSorted enotStarts with TEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. give a healthy elasticity to

Word origin

From Middle English ton, tone, from Latin tonus (“sound, tone”) (possibly through Old French ton), from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “strain, tension, pitch”), from τείνω (teínō, “to stretch”). Doublet of tune, ton, tonos, and tonus.

Used in a sentence

  • Children often read with a tone.
  • Their tone was dissatisfied, almost menacing.
  • We make crude visual distinctions and effectively meaningless categorizations based on average skin tones, such as black or white.

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