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overtone

[oh-ver-tohn] / ˈoʊ vərˌtoʊn /


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This was one of the first ales he made in his Overtone brewery in Glasgow.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

Match said McLeod and a team spent much of 2025 developing Overtone and the company fully supports it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

McLeod is resigning to launch Overtone, an AI-driven dating app in the early stages of development.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

The final work, "Iceland," by O-Lan Jones and her company Overtone Industries, is the most ambitious and least finished.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2014

Overtone, ō′vėr-tōn, n. a harmonic, because heard above its fundamental tone.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various




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