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DIAPASON STOP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diapason stop mean? 

DIAPASON STOP (noun)
  The noun DIAPASON STOP has 1 sense:

1. either of the two main stops on a pipe organplay

  Familiarity information: DIAPASON STOP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DIAPASON STOP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of the two main stops on a pipe organ

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

diapason; diapason stop

Hypernyms ("diapason stop" is a kind of...):

organ stop (a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality)


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