Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sourdine
2 senses of sourdine
Sense 1
sourdine, sordino -- (a mute for a violin)
=> mute -- (a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument)
Sense 2
sourdine -- (an organ stop resulting in a soft muted sound)
=> organ stop -- (a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality)