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tondo
nounC2
/ˈtɒndəʊ/A circular painting or sculpture.
tone
nounverbverb-intransitive+1B2
/təʊn/The quality or character of a sound, especially a musical or vocal sound, or the general character or attitude expressed in a piece of writing, speech, or behaviour.
tone arm
nounC1
/ˈtəʊn ɑːm/The pivoting arm on a record player that holds the cartridge and stylus (needle), allowing it to track the grooves of a vinyl record.
tone cluster
nounlow
/təʊn ˈklʌstə/A group of adjacent musical notes played simultaneously, often creating a dissonant sound.
tone color
nounLow
/təʊn ˈkʌlə/The quality of a sound that distinguishes it from other sounds of the same pitch and volume, often referred to as timbre in music.
tone colour
nounC1/C2
/ˈtəʊn ˌkʌlə(r)/The characteristic quality of a musical sound as determined by its harmonics and envelope.
tone control
nounB2
/ˈtəʊn kənˌtrəʊl/A device or circuit on an audio system that adjusts the balance of low and high frequencies.
tone dialing
nounLow
/ˈtəʊn ˌdaɪəlɪŋ/A telephone dialing system that uses specific audio frequencies (tones) to signal numbers, as opposed to the older pulse dialing system.
tone down
verbB2
/ˌtəʊn ˈdaʊn/To make something less intense, vivid, forceful, or extreme.
tone language
nounlow
/təʊn ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/A language in which variations in pitch (tone) are used to distinguish words or grammatical forms.
tone painting
nounC2
/ˈtəʊn ˌpeɪntɪŋ/A musical technique where the composer uses the sounds of the music to directly depict or suggest a non-musical image, story, or emotion.
tone poem
nounC1/C2
/ˈtəʊn ˌpəʊɪm/A piece of orchestral music, usually in one continuous movement, that illustrates or evokes the content of a story, poem, idea, or scene.
tone policing
nounC1
/ˈtəʊn pəˈliːsɪŋ/The act of criticizing or dismissing someone's argument or message based on their emotional tone or delivery, rather than engaging with the substance of what they are saying.
tone row
nounspecialized
/təʊn rəʊ/In music theory, a tone row is an ordered series of the twelve pitch classes of the chromatic scale, used as the structural basis for twelve-tone composition.
tone up
nounverbC1
/təʊn ʌp/To make one's muscles firmer and stronger through exercise.
tone-setter
nounC2
/ˈtəʊn ˌset.ə/A person or thing that establishes the standard, mood, or style that others follow.
toneme
nounSpecialized
/ˈtəʊniːm/A phonological unit of tone that can distinguish meaning in tonal languages.
toner
nouncommon
/ˈtəʊnə(r)/A powder used in photocopiers and laser printers to form images on paper.
tonetics
nounVery Low
/təʊˈnɛtɪks/The study of the phonetic aspects of tone in language, including pitch variations, intonation patterns, and their acoustic properties.
tonette
nounRare
/təʊˈnɛt/A small wind instrument similar to a recorder, used primarily in music education.

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