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Synonyms
tim·bre (tăḿbər, tĭḿ-)

[French, from Old French, drum, clapperless bell, probably from Medieval Greek* timbanon, drum, from Greek tumpanon, kettledrum.]

noun 

The combination of qualities of a sound that distinguishes it from other sounds of the same pitch and volume.