Accordion - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Accordion :  adj : arranged in parallel folds; "plicate leaves" [syn: plicate] (noun)

1: 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]

Based on WordNet 2.0

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.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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