Associations to the word «Bourne»

Wiktionary

BOURNE, noun. (countable) (archaic) A boundary.
BOURNE, noun. (archaic) A goal or destination.
BOURNE, noun. (countable) A stream or brook in which water flows only seasonally.
BOURNE TEST, noun. A diagnostic test for vesicointestinal fistulae, based on observation of a urine sample after a barium enema.
BOURNE TESTS, noun. Plural of Bourne test

Dictionary definition

BOURNE, noun. An archaic term for a boundary.
BOURNE, noun. An archaic term for a goal or destination.

Wise words

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