ORGAN STOP

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Meaning:

A graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality

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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)