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Concertina

/ˌkɒnsəˈtiːnə/

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.

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noun
  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    Something resembling a concertina, such as a folded book, a bus door or a set of picture frames that are folded together.

  3. 3

    Coiled barbed wire for use as an obstacle.

  4. 4

    A type of booklet label, consisting of up to 32 pages of booklet as an insert.

verb
  1. 1

    To become compressed into a shape reminiscent of a concertina

    "The car concertinaed into the wall."

  2. 2

    To be drawn closer and farther apart repeatedly, or up and down, as if situated on a working concertina's folds

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