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