Definition of Tone

Noun

• the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
  "the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw"
  "from the tone of her behavior I gathered that I had outstayed my welcome"
  
• a musical interval of two semitones
  - whole tone step - whole step
• the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
  "the doctor tested my tonicity"
  tonicity tonus
• a steady sound without overtones
  "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies"
  - pure tone
• a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
  "the singer held the note too long"
  note - musical note
• a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
  "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"
  shade tint tincture
• the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
  "the feel of the city excited him"
  "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"
  "it had the smell of treason"
  spirit feel feeling flavor flavour look smell
• (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
  "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"
  "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"
  timbre timber quality
• (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
  "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"
  
• the quality of a person's voice
  "he began in a conversational tone"
  "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice"
  - tone of voice

Verb

• give a healthy elasticity to
  "Let's tone our muscles"
  - tone up strengthen
• change to a color image
  "tone a photographic image"
  
• change the color or tone of
  "tone a negative"
  
• vary the pitch of one's speech
  inflect modulate
• utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
  "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"
  chant intone

Word games points for the Tone

• Scrabble® score of the tone (4)
• Word Chums® score of the tone (5)
• Words With Friends® score of the tone (5)

Unscramble tone

17 unscramble word found using the letters tone.

en, eon, et, ne, net, no, not, note, oe, on, one, te, ten, to, toe, ton, tone,