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BARITONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does baritone mean? 

BARITONE (noun)
  The noun BARITONE has 3 senses:

1. a male singerplay

2. the second lowest adult male singing voiceplay

3. the second lowest brass wind instrumentplay

  Familiarity information: BARITONE used as a noun is uncommon.


BARITONE (adjective)
  The adjective BARITONE has 1 sense:

1. lower in range than tenor and higher than bassplay

  Familiarity information: BARITONE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BARITONE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A male singer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

baritone; barytone

Hypernyms ("baritone" is a kind of...):

singer; vocaliser; vocalist; vocalizer (a person who sings)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The second lowest adult male singing voice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

baritone; baritone voice

Hypernyms ("baritone" is a kind of...):

singing voice (the musical quality of the voice while singing)


Sense 3

Meaning:

The second lowest brass wind instrument

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

baritone; baritone horn

Hypernyms ("baritone" is a kind of...):

brass; brass instrument (a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece)


BARITONE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Lower in range than tenor and higher than bass

Context example:

baritone oboe

Similar:

low; low-pitched (used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency)


 Context examples 


A baritone, I should fancy?

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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