Accordion

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Accordion \Ac*cor"di*on\, n. [See {Accord}.] (Mus.)
     A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are
     generated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  accordion
       adj : arranged in parallel folds; "plicate leaves" [syn: {plicate}]
       n : a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are
           made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the
           player [syn: {piano accordion}, {squeeze box}]

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  ACCORDION, n.  An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an
  assassin.