Crossword-Solution: OCTAVE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Octave | n. | The eighth day after a church festival, the festival day being included; also, the week following a church festival. |
| Octave | n. | The eighth tone in the scale; the interval between one and eight of the scale, or any interval of equal length; an interval of five tones and two semitones. |
| Octave | n. | The whole diatonic scale itself. |
| Octave | n. | The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of four verses each; a stanza of eight lines. |
| Octave | n. | A small cask of wine, the eighth part of a pipe. |
| Octave | a. | Consisting of eight; eight. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| OCTAVE | anagram | AVOCET |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with OCTAVE (5)
The world in which they find themselves is very much like that which they have quitted, but everything keyed to a higher octave.
When he got her up beside him and went through it with her, she soon became as used to the new motions as a beginner at the piano to stretching an octave.
Amongst those of art and literature, of whom there were many, the only one whom I made the acquaintance of was Octave Feuillet.
One moment, till I finish the octave of my sonnet: only the octave.’ And with a friendly waggle of the hand, he once more buried himself in the commerce of the Muses.
Everard Home has cited several examples, and Heidmann of Vienna has treated two musicians, one of whom always perceived in the affected ear, during damp weather, tones an octave lower than in the other ear.
Quotes with OCTAVE (3)
I'll get it," said Jough in his man-of-the-house voice, a full octave lower than his regular voice.
Oh poor Octave, no luck at all, as usual," said Madame Rocher, "he is still with his regiment, still only a captain. Of course, if it hadn't been for this wretched war, he would be at least a colonel by now.
I know all women are supposed to be strong enough now to strangle presidents and patriarchies between their powerful thighs, but it doesn't work that way. Many of us were actually affected, by male systems and male anger, in ways we cannot always articulate or overcome. Sometimes, when the ceiling seems especially low and the past especially close, I think to myself, I did not make it out. I am still there in that place of diminishment, where that voice an octave deeper than mine is telling me what I am.
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Appears in: Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, Daily Beast, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, S&S, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 144 times in crossword archives (1945–2024).