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Definition of Accordion

1. Noun. A portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player.

Definition of Accordion

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

Definition of Accordion

1. Noun. A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind from a squeezed bellows upon free metallic reeds. ¹

2. Adjective. Pleated, or folded like a bellows from an accordion. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive intransitive) To fold up, in the manner of an accordion ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Accordion

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Accordion

Literary usage of Accordion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Popular lectures on preaching by Henry Ward Beecher (1872)
"accordion PRECEPTOR, or the Pocket Guide to the Art of Flaying the accordion ... accordion MADE EAST: a Collection of 150 Easy Tones, carefully marked and ..."

2. Researches in the phenomena of spiritualism by William Crookes (1874)
"Mr. Home took the accordion between the thumb and middle finger of one hand at the opposite end to the keys (see woodcut, Fig. i), (to save repetition this ..."

3. Spiritual Magazine (1869)
"Returning to the other room, the whole party sat again round the table, and an accordion of Mr. Jones's, which had been previously inspected by the sceptics ..."

4. My Consulate in Samoa: A Record of Four Years' Sojourn in the Navigators by William Brown Churchward (1887)
"... accordion—The Jew's-harp, its Guile—Return to Apia—Sunday Lecture—Secrets of the Boudoir—Ladies Dressing—Horrible Hats—Male Attire. ..."

5. Literature & Writing Connections by Jill Norris, Joy Evans (1997)
"An accordion Book Materials Individual or small group book: • 2 sheets of 9" x ... Fold accordion style Cut the top of the black paper to match the shape of ..."

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