Bourn

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small stream; a brook.
  • n. Archaic A destination; a goal.
  • n. Archaic A boundary; a limit.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. destination
  • n. limit
  • n. A small stream or brook.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A stream or rivulet; a burn.
  • n. A bound; a boundary; a limit. Hence: Point aimed at; goal.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A stream; a brook: same as burn.
  • n. [The word occurs in various place-names in Great Britain, as Bournemouth (that is, mouth of the burn or rivulet), Westbourne, etc.]
  • n. A bound; limit; destination; goal: as, “beyond the bourn of sunset,”
  • See bone.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an archaic term for a boundary
  • n. an archaic term for a goal or destination
  • Equivalent
    bourne   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bounds    boundary    bound    end    goal   
    Cross Reference
    bourne   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    burn    bound    boundary    goal    goad   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Born    Horn    Horne    Lorne    Thorn    Thorne    aborn    adorn    born    borne   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    runlet    bourne    mantrap    streamlet    backsliding    hearthside    walling    white'    washerman    envelop