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SOURDINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An organ stop resulting in a soft muted sound
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sourdine" is a kind of...):
organ stop (a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A mute for a violin
Synonyms:
sordino; sourdine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sourdine" is a kind of...):
mute (a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument)
