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bourdon

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈbʊədən/Part of speech nounSorted bdnooruStarts with BEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English burdoun (“accompaniment”), from Old French bordon, from Medieval Latin burdō, burdōnem (“drone”). The modern pronunciation and form (for *burdon) is influenced by modern French bourdon.

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  • 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.
  • The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ.
  • The left hand was gone, this held the bourdon or pilgrim's staff, a small portion only of which appeared over the scrip.

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