BOURDON

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

bourdon; drone; drone pipe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bourdon" is a kind of...):

pipe (a tubular wind instrument)

Holonyms ("bourdon" is a part of...):

bagpipe (a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone)

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