sordine (plural sordines)
A mute for musical instruments. For example, the mute instrument for the violin or the damper on the pianoforte.
• indorse, ordines, ride-ons, rosined, siredon
Source: Wiktionary
Sor"dine ( or ; 277), n. Etym: [It. sordina, sordino, from sordo deaf, dull-sounding, L. surdus. See Surd.] (Mus.)
Definition: See Damper, and 5th Mute.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 February 2025
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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
