bordon
bordon is the alternative spelling of bourdon.
Meaning of bourdon
Noun
bourdon (plural bourdons)
- The burden or bass of a melody.
- The earth tremors resumed and made a bourdon to the loud psalms that they sang, interspersed with the odd ode of Horace recited by Silas.1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked
- The drone pipe of a bagpipe.
- The lowest-pitched stop of an organ.
- The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ.1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage, published 2007, page 5
- The lowest-pitched bell of a carillon.
- A large, low-pitched bell not part of a diatonically tuned ring of bells.
- A bumblebee, genus Bombus.
Proper noun capitalized: Bordon
Bordon
Forms of bordon
| plural | bordons |
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Origin of bordon
Variant of the place name Old English Barden (“barley valley”), from bere + dun (“hill, valley”).
Questions about bordon
- What does bordon mean?
- Bordon means a town in Whitehill parish, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7935).
- What is bordon the alternative spelling of?
- Bordon is the alternative spelling of bourdon.
- What part of speech is bordon?
- Bordon is a proper noun.
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