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Noun
S:
(n)
drone
(stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen)
S:
(n)
monotone
,
drone
,
droning
(an unchanging intonation)
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(n)
intonation
,
modulation
,
pitch contour
(rise and fall of the voice pitch)
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
dawdler
,
drone
,
laggard
,
lagger
,
trailer
,
poke
(someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind)
S:
(n)
drone
,
pilotless aircraft
,
radio-controlled aircraft
(an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control)
S:
(n)
drone
,
drone pipe
,
bourdon
(a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone)
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(n)
pipe
(a tubular wind instrument)
S:
(n)
bagpipe
(a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone)
S:
(n)
chanter
,
melody pipe
(reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played)
S:
(n)
drone
,
drone pipe
,
bourdon
(a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone)
S:
(n)
fipple flute
,
fipple pipe
,
recorder
,
vertical flute
(a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece)
S:
(n)
panpipe
,
pandean pipe
,
syrinx
(a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together)
S:
(n)
pitch pipe
(a small pipe sounding a tone of standard frequency; used to establish the starting pitch for unaccompanied singing)
part holonym
Verb
S:
(v)
drone
(make a monotonous low dull sound)
"The harmonium was droning on"
S:
(v)
drone
,
drone on
(talk in a monotonous voice)