timber vs timbre :

timber or timbre

You can build a house out of timber, but that quality which distinguishes the sound produced by one instrument or voice from others is timbre, usually pronounced “TAM-bruh,” so the common expression is “vocal timbre.”

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Definitions
  timber
  • n  the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
  • n  a beam made of wood
  • n  a post made of wood
  • n  land that is covered with trees and shrubs
  • n  (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
  timbre
  • n  (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
    the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely
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