sourdine

Definitions of sourdine
  1. noun
    an organ stop resulting in a soft muted sound
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    type of:
    organ stop
    a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality
  2. noun
    a mute for a violin
    synonyms: sordino
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    type of:
    mute
    a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
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