Bourn
/bɔːn/ name, noun
name, noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of bourne (“small stream or brook”). alt-of, alternative
"My little boat can safely passe this perilous bourne."
- 2 Alternative form of bourne (“destination; limit”). alt-of, alternative
- 3 an archaic term for a goal or destination wordnet
- 4 an archaic term for a boundary wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname. countable, uncountable
- 2 A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3256). countable, uncountable
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"My little boat can safely passe this perilous bourne."