Phrase Hound found 95 phrases and 198 compound words that contain tone. The most common are listed below. Open tone in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 95
- set the toneCreate the emotional quality to be expected for something.
- muscle toneThe continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles, which helps maintain posture.
- dial toneA telephony signal, usually in the form of a sound, used to indicate that the telephone exchange is working, has recognized an off-hook, and is ready to accept a call.
- tone of voiceThe quality, manner, or way someone speaks.
- ring toneAlternative spelling of ringtone: The sound made by a telephone when ringing.
- two-toneHaving two colours or shades.
- skin toneThe colour of a person's skin.
- tone-deafUnable to clearly distinguish the difference in pitch between different notes.
- tone markA symbol used to indicate tones in tonal languages.
- sets the tonethird-person singular simple present indicative of set the tone: Create the emotional quality to be expected for something.
- setting the tonepresent participle and gerund of set the tone
- leading tonescale degree seven when the first scale degree is one half step higher than the seventh scale degree
- whole toneThe musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to a frequency ratio of 8/7, 9/8, or 10/9, depending on the tuning system used. In meantone tunings (including twelve-tone equal temperament), there is only one whole tone, though …
- tone numberA number allocated to a syllable in various transliteration systems such as Hanyu Pinyin indicating the tone in which it is pronounced.
- entering toneA short, sharp tone found with syllables that end in plosives (usually /-p -t -k -ʔ/).
- tone arma light, balanced arm that holds the pickup cartridge on a record player
- tone policeTo complain about the tone of one or more participants in a debate or discussion, especially one perceived as heated, disrespectful, etc.
- tone sandhiThe change of tone that occurs in some tonal languages when certain tones are pronounced successively.
- wolf toneAn unpleasant tone produced when a note matches the natural resonating frequency of the body of a musical instrument, the quality of which may be likened to the howl of a wolf.
- touch-toneRelating to a type of telephone with buttons, each of which produces a tone which corresponds to the relevant digit.
- neutral toneThe lack of one of the four primary phonetic tones of Chinese, sometimes viewed as a tone in its own right, and unmarked in Hanyu Pinyin.
- tone downTo relax; to make quieter or less obtrusive; to make milder.
- half-toneAlternative form of halftone: Synonym of semitone, half the interval between two notes on a scale.
- tone indicatorA symbol conveying the tone or context of a message, often over the internet.
- twelve-tone techniqueSynonym of dodecaphony: Twelve-tone music, a form of composition using all twelve tones of the chromatic scale in such a way that they are equal, i.e. having no tonic, no dominant, no major key or minor keys, and no distinction between …
Compound words 198
- ringtoneThe sound made by a telephone when ringing.
- TonyA male given name, a short form of Anthony/Antony
- tonicPertaining to tension, especially of the muscles.
- tonalOf or relating to tones or tonality.
- melatoninA hormone, related to serotonin, that is secreted by the pineal gland, and stimulates colour change in the skin of reptiles, and is involved in the sleep and wake and reproductive cycles in mammals.
- overtoneA tone whose frequency is an integer multiple of another; a member of the harmonic series.
- silvertoneA metallic silver colour, as used in some paints.
- goldtoneA metallic gold colour, as used in some paints.
- truetonemastertone
- duotoneAny picture printed in two shades of the same colour, such as a duotype or duograph.