drone, drone pipe, bourdon
(noun) a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bourdon (plural bourdons)
(music, archaic) The burden or bass of a melody.
The drone pipe of a bagpipe.
The lowest-pitched stop of an organ.
The lowest-pitched bell of a carillon.
A large, low-pitched bell not part of a diatonically tuned ring of bells.
A bumblebee, genus Bombus.
A pilgrim's staff.
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Bourdon (plural Bourdons)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bourdon is the 14631st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2034 individuals. Bourdon is most common among White (81.37%) and Hispanic/Latino (10.77%) individuals.
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Source: Wiktionary
Bour"don, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. burdo mule, esp. one used for carrying litters. Cf. Sp. muleta a young she mule; also, crutch, prop.]
Definition: A pilgrim's staff.
Bour"don`, n. Etym: [F. See Burden a refrain.] (Mus.) (a) A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.) (b) A kind of organ stop.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 April 2025
(noun) food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
