Concertina

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small hexagonal accordion with bellows and with buttons for keys.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. 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.
  • n. Something resembling a concertina, such as a folded book, a bus door or a set of picture frames that are folded together.
  • n. A type of booklet label, consisting of up to 32 pages of booklet as an insert.
  • v. to become compressed into a shape reminiscent of a concertina
  • v. to be drawn closer and farther apart repeatedly, or up and down, as if situated on a working concertina's folds
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small musical instrument 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A musical instrument invented by Professor Wheatstone, the principle of which is similar to that of the accordion.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle
  • n. free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds
  • v. collapse like a concertina
    • Verb Form
    concertinaed    concertinaing    concertinas   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    barbwire    barbed wire    collapse   
    Cross Reference
    bandoneon    accordion   
    Form
    concertina book    concertinist   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Albertina    Albina    Alina    Altadena    Angelina   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    hautboy    flageolet    violoncello    graphophone    banjo   
     
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