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Accordion

Accordion Meaning & Definition
Accordion Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Accordion?

[n] a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
[adj] arranged in parallel folds; "plicate leaves"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Accordion: folded | piano accordion | plicate | squeeze box

Related Terms | Find terms related to Accordion:

See Also | clavier | fingerboard | free-reed instrument | piano keyboard

Accordion In Webster's Dictionary

\Ac*cor"di*on\, n. [See {Accord}.] (Mus.) A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds.

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