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bourdons

bourdons is the plural of bourdon.

Meaning of bourdon

Noun

bourdon (plural bourdons)

  1. (archaic) 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
  2. The drone pipe of a bagpipe.
  3. 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
  4. The lowest-pitched bell of a carillon.
  5. A large, low-pitched bell not part of a diatonically tuned ring of bells.
  6. A bumblebee, genus Bombus.

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Proper noun capitalized: Bourdons

Bourdons

  1. (plural) plural of Bourdon

Questions about bourdons

What is bourdons the plural of?
Bourdons is the plural of bourdon.
What part of speech is bourdons?
Bourdons is a proper noun.

Words near bourdons in the dictionary

  1. Bourdieusian
  2. Bourdin
  3. bourding
  4. bourdon
  5. bourdonnée
  6. bourdons
  7. bourds
  8. bourek
  9. bourekas
  10. bourette
  11. Bourey

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