accordion

2 definitions found

accordion - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

accordion - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  accordion
      n 1: a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are
           made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the
           player [syn: accordion, piano accordion, squeeze box]