Synonyms of the word bourdon


BOURDONDRONE - PIPE

bourdon

  • n. (music, archaic) The burden or bass of a melody.
  • n. The drone pipe of a bagpipe.
  • n. The lowest-pitched stop of an organ.
  • n. The lowest-pitched bell of a carillon.
  • n. A large, low-pitched bell not part of a diatonically tuned ring of bells.
  • n. A bumblebee, genus Bombus.
  • n. A pilgrim's staff.

drone

  • n. A male bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen bee.
  • n. (now rare) Someone who does not work; a lazy person, an idler.
  • n. One who performs menial or tedious work; a drudge.
  • n. A remotely controlled aircraft, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
  • v. To produce a low-pitched hum or buzz.
  • v. To speak in a monotone way.
  • n. A low-pitched hum or buzz.
  • n. (music) One of the fixed-pitch pipes on a bagpipe.
  • n. (music, uncountable) A genre of music that uses repeated lengthy droning sounds.
  • n. A humming or deep murmuring sound.

pipe

  • n. Meanings relating to a wind instrument.
  • n. Meanings relating to a hollow conduit.
  • n. Meanings relating to a container.
  • n. Meanings relating to something resembling a tube.
  • n. Meanings relating to a smoking implement.
  • n. Meanings relating to computing.
  • v. (intransitive) To play music on a pipe instrument, such as a bagpipe or a flute.
  • v. (intransitive) To shout loudly and at high pitch.
  • v. (intransitive) To emit or have a shrill sound like that of a pipe; to whistle.
  • v. (intransitive, metallurgy) Of a metal ingot: to become hollow in the process of solidifying.
  • v. (transitive) To convey or transport (something) by means of pipes.
  • v. (transitive) To install or configure with pipes.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively) To lead or conduct as if by pipes, especially by wired transmission.
  • v. (transitive) To decorate with piping.
  • v. (transitive) To dab away moisture from.
  • v. (transitive, computing, chiefly Unix) To directly feed (the output of one program) as input to another…
  • v. (transitive, nautical) To signal or order by a note pattern on a boatswain's pipe.
  • v. (transitive, slang, dated) To see.

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