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accordion
[ uh-kawr-dee-uhn ]
noun
- 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.
- a similar instrument having single-note buttons instead of a keyboard.
adjective
- having a fold or folds like the bellows of an accordion:
accordion roof; accordion panel.
verb (used without object)
- (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.
- to fold, crush together, or collapse in the manner of an accordion.
verb (used with object)
- to demolish by crushing together lengthwise:
The impact accordioned the car beneath the truck.
accordion
/ əˈ°ìɔ˻åɪə²Ô /
noun
- 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
- short for piano accordion
Derived Forms
- ²¹³¦Ëˆ³¦´Ç°ù»å¾±´Ç²Ô¾±²õ³Ù, noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of accordion1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of accordion1
Example Sentences
After announcement of the visa cancellation, Pável Moreno, the band’s accordion player and second vocalist, said in a TikTok video that the group was “moving forward,†and thanked the group’s fans.
“I saw the front-page article in the New York Times and was struck by a photo of the Nazis with an accordion,†Kaufman recalled.
While perfectly decent, “A Complete Unknown†is the kind of routine rock biopic that’s begun to sound as wheezy as a junk-shop accordion.
There was a sense of wonder watching a musical on the West End or accidentally stumbling onto the Tuileries Garden and hearing a street performer play “La Vie en Rose†on the accordion.
There were prayers, readings, hymns and accordion playing.
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