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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 toneplay

  Familiarity information: BOURDON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOURDON (noun)


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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