Definitions for tenor

Definitions for (noun) tenor

Main entry: tenor

Definition: the pitch range of the highest male voice


Main entry: strain, tenor

Definition: the general meaning or substance of an utterance

Usage: although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument


Main entry: tenor

Definition: a settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life

Usage: nothing disturbed the even tenor of her ways


Main entry: tenor, tenor voice

Definition: the adult male singing voice above baritone


Main entry: tenor

Definition: an adult male with a tenor voice


Definitions for (adj) tenor

Main entry: tenor

Definition: of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice

Usage: tenor voice


Main entry: tenor

Definition: (of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass

Usage: a tenor sax


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