bourdon
noun
bour·don
ˈbürdᵊn,
-ōr-,
-ər-
variants or less commonly bordun
ˈbȯr-
plural -s
1
: burden entry 3 sense 1
2
a
: a drone bass (as in a bagpipe or a hurdy-gurdy)
b
: a pipe-organ stop of a droning or buzzing quality usually of 16-foot pitch
c
: the lowest bell (as in a carillon) in a ring of bells
Word History
Etymology
Middle English burdoun, from Middle French bourdon bass horn, of imitative origin
- no comparison
- no conception of
- no concern of someone's
- no contest
- no de ber
- no dice
- no disputing
- no doubt
- no doubt about it
- no doubt in someone's mind
- no easy matter
- no easy thing
- no easy/simple matter
- no end
- no end in sight
- no exception
- no fair
- no fear
- no fewer than
- no fixed abode
- no flies on
- no future
- no gain without pain
- no go
- no good