MELODEON

Etymology 1

Noun

melodeon (plural melodeons)

(historical, US) A music hall.

Etymology 2

Noun

melodeon (plural melodeons)

(historical, musical instruments) A type of reed organ with a single keyboard.

(musical instruments) An accordion where the melody-side keyboard is limited to the notes of diatonic scales in a small number of keys.

Synonyms

• diatonic button accordion

Hypernyms

• button accordion

• accordion

Source: Wiktionary


Me*lo"de*on, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Melody, and cf. Odeon.]

1. (Mus.)

Definition: A kind of small reed organ; -- a portable form of the seraphine.

2. A music hall.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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