bourdon

About 0.23 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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, genus Bombus.
7. noun a pilgrim's staff.

Similar words

drone drone pipe faux contra bumblebee lieblich burdon burthen base bombard

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