ACCORDION

accordion, squeeze box

(noun) a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

accordion (plural accordions)

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

(GUI) A vertical list of items that can be individually expanded and collapsed to reveal their contents.

Synonyms

• squeezebox

Verb

accordion (third-person singular simple present accordions, present participle accordioning, simple past and past participle accordioned)

(transitive, intransitive) To fold up, in the manner of an accordion

Anagrams

• Concordia

Source: Wiktionary


Ac*cor"di*on, n. Etym: [See Accord.] (Mus.)

Definition: A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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