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BOURDON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bourdon mean?
• BOURDON (noun)
The noun BOURDON has 1 sense:
1. a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
Familiarity information: BOURDON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
bourdon; drone; drone pipe
Hypernyms ("bourdon" is a kind of...):
pipe (a tubular wind instrument)
Holonyms ("bourdon" is a part of...):
bagpipe (a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone)
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