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
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.
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
8 February 2025
(noun) the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; “the state has lowered its income tax”
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