Tone

What do we mean by tone?

A sound of distinct pitch, quality, and duration; a note. noun

The interval of a major second in the diatonic scale; a whole step. noun

A recitational melody in a Gregorian chant. noun

The quality or character of sound. noun

The characteristic quality or timbre of a particular instrument or voice. noun

The pitch of a word used to determine its meaning or to distinguish differences in meaning. noun

The particular or relative pitch of a word, phrase, or sentence. noun

Manner of expression in speech or writing. noun

A general quality, effect, or atmosphere. noun

A color or shade of color. noun

Quality of color. noun

The general effect in painting of light, color, and shade. noun

The normal state of elastic tension or partial contraction in resting muscles. noun

Normal firmness of a tissue or an organ. noun

To give a particular tone or inflection to. intransitive verb

A specific pitch.

(in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.

(in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.

The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.

General character, mood, or trend.

The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.

A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.

The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.

State of mind; temper; mood.

The shade or quality of a colour.

The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.

The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ; see also: tonus.

The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.

Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.

A gun

Words that are spelled similarly to tone:
tone.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word tone:
sandhi, semitone, tones, intonation, syllable, syllables, tonal, vowel, pickup, consonant, accent, chord, mandarin, pitch, darker, poem, interval, mood, holes, instrument, strings, humor, controls, melody, falling, poems, voice, scale, rising, dialect, switch, frequency, color, rhythm, sounds, instruments, muscle, sound, string, bass.

Words that rhyme with tone:
bone, zone, stone, loan, prone, drone, phone, own, hone, condone, alone, milestone, fone, cone, cornerstone, postpone, hormone, homophone, known, touchstone, atone, moan, capstone, cyclone, roan, anemone, groan, throne, backbone, telephone, lone, shone, crone, chaperone, bemoan, clone, ozone, keystone, unknown, scone, mon, microphone, blown, intone, disown, flown, monotone, cologne, limestone, shown, acetone, xylophone, silicone, overtone, testosterone, joan, moonstone, baritone, grown, saxophone, sharon, undertone, homegrown, allophone, gemstone, rhinestone, rhone, tombstone, sown, let alone, cicerone, thrown, sloan, leone, brownstone, capone, whetstone, francophone, argonne, lodestone, earphone, megaphone, t-bone, collarbone, sewn, well known, gladstone, overthrown, pheromone, millstone, simone, headstone, mone, overblown, jawbone, trombone, cobblestone, rone, headphone, cortisone.

Adjectives that are often used to describe tone:
low, same, general, high, moral, pure, whole, half, emotional, muscle, serious, lower, sympathetic, vascular, loud, conversational, normal, two, soft, quiet, twelve, friendly, angry, fundamental, deep, continuous, usual, calm, vagal, musical, conciliatory, gentle, clear, muscular, positive, fact, light, sharp, subdued, harsh, sarcastic, solemn, overall, confidential, affective, cheerful, warm, firm, smooth, ironic, neutral, flat, casual, melancholy, authoritative, peculiar, touch, cold, dominant, pleasant, louder, apologetic, softer, confident, lofty, dry, familiar, peremptory, bitter, sweet, grave, moderate, lighter, vasomotor, rich, soothing, even, mild.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective tone:
plates, dialing, system, process, color, poem, blocks, illustrations, calling, dial, receiver, negatives, pad, poet, signaling, analysis, quality, input, portraits, stops, telephone, marker, gen, production, etching, music, deafness, screens, art, group, decoder, movement, engravings, scale, minor, word.

Consonant match to tone:
turn, town, tune, ton, tan, tin, ten, teen, tine, tonne, toon, tyne, taine, tenn, towne, tenne, teine, tonn, tann, toone.

Words that sound like tone:
tone, toen, toan, town, ten, teen, tune, ton, tan, tin, tine, toon, tome, tain, tonne, tun, tyne, tean, tane, tenn, tein, tten, tonn, towne, toin, tann, tene, toone, taine, toun, tahn, taun, taan, toem, tinn, tanne, taen, tinh, tyn, tenne, teun, teine, pten, tanh, ptin, don't, doen, doan, doane, time, team, stone, tongue, toe, tom, tim, tomb, tony, tame, ting, tow, tang, tones, atone, tem, tam, tong, toni, toner, toned, teem, toom, toa, thom, tne, timme, toney, teng, tona, hto, timm, taim, tonie, toh, toey, tombe, teme, tamm, tomm, tono, toea, temme, toe-in, towa, tomme, toah, toe in, tamb, taam, tln.