CONCERTINA

concertina

(noun) free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds

concertina

(noun) coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle

concertina

(verb) collapse like a concertina

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

concertina (plural concertinas)

(musical instruments) 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.

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

Coiled barbed wire for use as an obstacle.

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

Verb

concertina (third-person singular simple present concertinas, present participle concertinaing, simple past and past participle concertinaed)

to become compressed into a shape reminiscent of a concertina

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

Source: Wiktionary


Con`cer*ti"na, n. Etym: [From It. concerto a concert.]

Definition: A small musical imstrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two hexagonal heads.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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