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Consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threefold; as, a triple knot; a triple tie.

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  1. a. Consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threefold; as, a triple knot; a triple tie.
  2. a. Three times repeated; treble. See Treble.
  3. a. One of three; third.
  4. a. To make threefold, or thrice as much or as many; to treble; as, to triple the tax on coffee.
  5. adj. having three units or components or elements
  6. adj. three times as great or many
  7. n. a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base
  8. n. a set of three similar things considered as a unit
  9. n. a quantity that is three times as great as another
  10. v. increase threefold
  11. v. hit a three-base hit