bourdon

  1. Noun.  (context, music) the burden or bass of a melody.
  2. Noun.  the drone pipe of a bagpipe.
  3. Noun.  the lowest-pitched stop of an organ.
  4. Noun.  the lowest-pitched bell of a carillon.
  5. Noun.  a large, low-pitched bell not part of a diatonically tuned ring of bells.
  6. Noun.  a bumblebee.

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