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9 Letter Words for Accordion
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Definitions for Accordion
[1] Also called piano accordion. a portable wind instrument having a large bellows for forcing air through small metal reeds, a keyboard for the right hand, and buttons for sounding single bass notes or chords for the left hand.
[2] a similar instrument having single-note buttons instead of a keyboard.
[3] having a fold or folds like the bellows of an accordion: accordion roof; accordion panel.
[4] (of a door, roof, or other covering) to open by folding back or pressing together in the manner of an accordion: The roof of the car accordions to let in sunlight and fresh air.
[5] to fold, crush together, or collapse in the manner of an accordion.
[6] to demolish by crushing together lengthwise: The impact accordioned the car beneath the truck.
[7] a portable box-shaped instrument of the reed organ family, consisting of metallic reeds that are made to vibrate by air from a set of bellows controlled by the player's hands. Notes are produced by means of studlike keys
[8] short for piano accordion
Words related to Accordion
concertina, melodeon, squeezebox
Words nearby Accordion
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Origin of Accordion
1831; < German, now spelling Akkordion, Akkordeon name under which the instrument was patented in Vienna in 1829; probably < French accord(er ) or Italian accord(are ) to harmonize (see accord) + French -ion -ion, as in German Orchestrion orchestrion
Word origin for Accordion
C19: from German Akkordion, from Akkord harmony, chord
Synonyms for Accordion
concertina, groanbox, melodeon, squeezebox, stomach Steinway, windbox