Accordion

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Mục lục 1 Noun Music . 1.1 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. 1.2 a similar instrument having single-note buttons instead of a keyboard. 2 Adjective 2.1 having a fold or folds like the bellows of an accordion 3 Verb (used without object) 3.1 (of a door, roof, or other covering) to open by folding back or pressing together in the manner of an accordion 3.2 to fold, crush together, or collapse in the manner of an accordion. 4 Verb (used with object) 4.1 to demolish by crushing together lengthwise 5 Synonyms 5.1 noun

Noun Music .

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.

Synonyms

noun

concertina , groanbox , melodeon , squeezebox , stomach steinway , [[windboxnotes:accordion derives from italian accordare \'to tune\' and both it and the concertina operate on the same basic principle - but the accordion has a pianolike keyboard and is rectangular and bulky while the concertina has buttons in headboards and is hexagonal and more portable]]