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Accordion

/əˈkɔ(ɹ).di.ˌən/

A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind from a squeezed bellows upon free metallic reeds.

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📖 Definitions of "Accordion"

noun

1
A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind from a squeezed bellows upon free metallic reeds.
2
A vertical list of items that can be individually expanded and collapsed to reveal their contents.

verb

1
To fold up, in the manner of an accordion

🔄 Synonyms of "Accordion"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
plicateverb	(biology) Folded multiple times lengthwise like a fan, usually lending stiffness to a flat structure such as a leaf; corrugated; pleated.
folded	bent over or doubled up so that one part lies on another
squeeze boxnoun	(music, informal) An accordion or concertina.
piano accordionnoun	(music) an accordion with a keyboard similar to that of a piano.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Accordion"

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Word	Definition
piano accordionnoun	(music) an accordion with a keyboard similar to that of a piano.
squeeze boxnoun	(music, informal) An accordion or concertina.
plicateverb	(biology) Folded multiple times lengthwise like a fan, usually lending stiffness to a flat structure such as a leaf; corrugated; pleated.
folded	bent over or doubled up so that one part lies on another
squeezeboxnoun	Alternative form of squeeze box. [(music, informal) An accordion or concertina.]
wheezy	That wheezes.
accordiannoun	Misspelling of accordion. [A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds).]
concertinanoun	A musical instrument, like the various accordions, that is a member of the free-reed family of musical instruments, typically having buttons on both ends.
armonicanoun	A musical instrument made of blown-glass bowls mounted on a spindle turned originally by a foot pedal, and played with wetted fingers, producing an ethereal sound. Technically, it is a crystallophone.
woodwind instrumentnoun	(music) A musical instrument in which sound is produced by blowing against an edge or by vibrating a thin piece of wood or metal known as the reed, and in which the pitch is governed by the resonant frequencies of an enclosed air column.
wind instrumentnoun	(music) Any musical instrument that produces sound when air flows through it.
melodicanoun	A free-reed keyboard wind instrument, often played with a flexible plastic tube connected to the mouthpiece.
saxophonenoun	A single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards.
woodwindnoun	(music) Any (typically wooden) musical instrument that produces sound by the player blowing into it, through a reed, or across an opening. Woodwind instruments include the recorder, flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, cor anglais and bassoon.
brassnoun	(countable, uncountable) A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.
brass instrumentnoun	(music) Any musical instrument whose tone is produced by vibration of the lips as the player blows into a mouthpiece (or tubular resonator).
cornettonoun	An Italian pastry, a kind of croissant.
aeolian harpnoun	(music) An open box over which strings are stretched that sound when the wind passes over them.
clavicylindernoun	A musical instrument that had revolving glass cylinders that vibrated when cloth-covered levers, operated by a keyboard, were pressed against them
musical boxnoun	(music) Any of various devices that play tunes by means of pins, on a rotating disk or revolving drum, that strike or pluck metal teeth; a music box.