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organ stop

organ stop noun: any of many knobs near the keyboard of an organ used to select different sounds or timbres.

organ stop: any of many knobs near the keyboard of an organ used to select different sounds or timbres
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Noun

organ stop (plural organ stops)

  1. Any of many knobs near the keyboard of an organ used to select different sounds or timbres.
  2. The timbre so produced.

Forms of organ stop

pluralorgan stops

Questions about organ stop

What does organ stop mean?
Organ stop means any of many knobs near the keyboard of an organ used to select different sounds or timbres.
What part of speech is organ stop?
Organ stop is a noun.
What is the plural of organ stop?
The plural of organ stop is organ stops.

Words near organ stop in the dictionary

  1. organ points
  2. organ scholar
  3. organ scholars
  4. organ screen
  5. organ screens
  6. organ stop
  7. organ stops
  8. organ system
  9. organ systems
  10. organ tablature
  11. organ transplant

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