accordion
n.
hand-held keyboard instrument; concertina
Accordion
accordion
Noun
1. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
(synonym) piano accordion, squeeze box
(hypernym) free-reed instrument
(part-meronym) piano keyboard, fingerboard, clavier
Adjective
1. arranged in parallel folds; "plicate leaves"
(synonym) plicate
(similar) folded
Accordion
(n.)
A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Accordion
free reed instrument with a keyboard originating in Saxony and Bohemia, now common throughout the world in folk music. Various types include piano and button keyboards, and chromatic and diatonic tunings.