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ORGAN STOP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("organ stop" is a kind of...):
organ pipe; pipe; pipework (the flues and stops on a pipe organ)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "organ stop"):
diapason; diapason stop (either of the two main stops on a pipe organ)
dulciana (the organ stop having a tone of soft sweet string quality)
flue stop (an organ stop with the tone of a flue pipe)
reed stop (an organ stop with the tone of a reed instrument)
sourdine (an organ stop resulting in a soft muted sound)
voix celeste; vox angelica (an organ stop producing a gentle tremolo effect)
