Real-life examples: A triple-layer cake has three layers. A triple homicide involves the murder of three people. A triple-decker bus has three decks of seats. A cardplayer who has triple aces has three cards with aces on them.
Used in a sentence: My famous triple-layer cake has two layers of chocolate cake and one layer of vanilla cake.

Triple also often describes something that is three times as great as something else. For example, a couch that is triple the price of another couch costs three times as much.\n

Used in a sentence: I sold my bike for $300, which is triple the $100 I paid for it.

In this sense, triple is used as a verb to mean to multiply something by three. For example, if you triple 2, you get 6 because 2 x 3 = 6.\n

Used in a sentence: I think I will triple the tablespoons of sugar in the next batch of lemonade from 2 tablespoons to 6.

Triple is also a noun that means a set of three. The word triplet is also commonly used in this sense.\n

Used in a sentence: The shirts were packaged together in triples of red, white, and blue.

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