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concertina
[ kon-ser-tee-nuh ]
noun
- a musical instrument resembling an accordion but having buttonlike keys, hexagonal bellows and ends, and a more limited range.
verb (used without object)
- to fold, crush together, or collapse in the manner of a concertina:
The car concertinaed when it hit the truck.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to fold or collapse in the manner of a concertina.
adjective
- of, relating to, or resembling a concertina:
concertina pleats.
concertina
/ ˌɒԲəˈپːə /
noun
- a small hexagonal musical instrument of the reed organ family in which metallic reeds are vibrated by air from a set of bellows operated by the player's hands. Notes are produced by pressing buttons
verb
- intr to collapse or fold up like a concertina
Derived Forms
- ˌDzԳˈپԾ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- Dzc·پn noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of concertina1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of concertina1
Example Sentences
Meanwhile, the Border Patrol, with the assistance of 750 U.S. military troops, has reinforced six miles of the border wall with concertina wire.
May’s next film, “The Heartbreak Kid,” adapted from a Neil Simon hit and co-starring her daughter Jeannie Berlin, is a beautifully calibrated and funny social critique wrapped in concertina wire.
After weeks of desperation, migrants pass a toddler under a tangle of concertina wire strung across the edge of U.S. soil.
Abbott has deployed the Texas National Guard to the border, placed concertina wire along parts of the Rio Grande in defiance of U.S.
They were headed, about 150 of them, for the demilitarized zone: the narrow buffer strip between North and South Korea that is heavily guarded by concertina wire and rifle-toting soldiers.
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