Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: bourne
IPA transcription: [b'ɔɹn]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: bourn, bourne
    Meaning: an archaic term for a goal or destination
  • Synonyms: bourn, bourne
    Meaning: an archaic term for a boundary
Usage examples
  • Or was the vault under the chancel of Gateshead Church an inviting bourne?
  • That wide field of stars, drooping low and lifting away with rhythmic motion, would sometime dip swiftly down to the very sea itself and, swinging back, take with it his soul to some remote bourne....