bourne
Meanings
Plural: bournes
Noun
- an archaic term for a boundary
- an archaic term for a goal or destination
- A boundary; a limit.
- A goal or destination.
- A stream or brook in which water flows only seasonally; a small stream or brook.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle French borne, from Old French bodne, from Medieval Latin bodina, a word of unknown ultimate origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom, base”), see also Proto-Celtic *bundos.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 8
bourne is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordbourne is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bourne is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
bourne is a valid Words With Friends word