'Organ' definitions:
Definition of 'organ'
(from WordNet)
noun
A fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
noun
A government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function; "The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department"
noun
(music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ [syn: electric organ, electronic organ, Hammond organ, organ]
noun
A periodical that is published by a special interest group; "the organ of the communist party"
noun
Wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard [syn: organ, pipe organ]
noun
A free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows [syn: harmonium, organ, reed organ]
Definition of 'organ'
From: Easton
- Organ some kind of wind instrument, probably a kind of Pan's pipes (Gen. 4:21; Job 21:12; Ps. 150:4), which consisted of seven or eight reeds of unequal length.
Synonyms of 'organ'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affiliate,
- agency,
- agent,
- ancilla,
- annual,
- appendage,
- appliance,
- arm,
- baroque organ,
- bimonthly,
- biweekly,
- bough,
- branch,
- branch office,
- calliope,
- calliophone,
- channel,
- chapter,
- Charlie McCarthy,
- choralcelo,
- component,
- contrivance,
- creature,
- daily,
- daybook,
- device,
- diary,
- division,
- dummy,
- dupe,
- electric organ,
- electro-pneumatic organ,
- element,
- ephemeris,
- fortnightly,
- forum,
- gazette,
- go-between,
- Hammond organ,
- hand,
- handmaid,
- handmaiden,
- harmonium,
- hebdomadal,
- hydraulic organ,
- imp,
- implement,
- instrument,
- instrumentality,
- instrumentation,
- interagent,
- intermediary,
- intermediate,
- intermedium,
- joint,
- journal,
- leg,
- lever,
- limb,
- link,
- lobe,
- lobule,
- local,
- lodge,
- magazine,
- mean,
- mechanism,
- mediator,
- medium,
- melodeon,
- melodica,
- member,
- midwife,
- minion,
- ministry,
- monthly,
- mouthpiece,
- newsletter,
- newsmagazine,
- newspaper,
- offshoot,
- orchestrelle,
- organophone,
- paper,
- part,
- pawn,
- periodical,
- pictorial,
- pinion,
- pipe organ,
- plaything,
- post,
- process,
- publication,
- puppet,
- quarterly,
- ramification,
- reed organ,
- review,
- runner,
- scion,
- seraphine,
- serial,
- servant,
- slave,
- slick magazine,
- spray,
- sprig,
- spur,
- steam organ,
- stooge,
- structure,
- switch,
- symphonion,
- tail,
- tendril,
- tool,
- toy,
- tracker-action organ,
- trade magazine,
- tubular-pneumatic organ,
- twig,
- unit,
- vehicle,
- vocalion,
- voice,
- weekly,
- wing,
- yearbook
Words containing 'Organ'
- Organs,
- organic,
- organically,
- organism,
- organization,
- organize,
- organized,
- organizer,
- Barrel organ,
- Bojanus organ,
- Choir organ,
- Coupler of an organ,
- Echo organ,
- End organ,
- Full organ,
- Great organ,
- Hand organ,
- Mouth organ,
- Organ swell,
- Organic chemistry,
- Organic electricity,
- Pedal organ,
- Reed organ,
- Rosenmuller's organ,
- Segmental organs,
- Sense organ,
- Zymogenic organism,
- american organ,
- autotrophic organism,
- business organization,
- cell organ,
- contractile organ,
- electric organ,
- electronic organ,
- erectile organ,
- excretory organ,
- external organ,
- female organs,
- financial organization,
- genital organ,
- global organization,
- grind organ,
- gustatory organ,
- hammond organ,
- house organ,
- internal organ,
- international organization,
- labor organizer,
- line organization,
- male organs,
- musical organization,
- news organization,
- nongovernmental organization,
- nonprofit organization,
- nonvascular organism,
- nucleolar organizer,
- nucleolus organizer,
- olfactory organ,
- organ donor,
- organ loft,
- organ of corti,
- organ of hearing,
- organ of speech,
- organ pipe,
- organ stop,
- organ transplant,
- organic compound,
- organic disorder,
- organic evolution,
- organic fertiliser,
- organic fertilizer,
- organic law,
- organic phenomenon,
- organic process,
- organic structure,
- organization chart,
- organization expense,
- organization man,
- organized crime,
- organized labor,
- organized religion,
- paramilitary organization,
- personal organizer,
- pipe organ,
- plant organ,
- pleuropneumonialike organism,
- professional organization,
- reproductive organ,
- respiratory organ,
- saprophytic organism,
- secretory organ,
- sex organ,
- sex organs,
- social organization,
- speech organ,
- steam organ,
- street organ,
- taret organ,
- target organ,
- terrorist organization,
- urinary organ,
- vital organ,
- vocal organ,
- world organization,
- 15 may organization,
- 3rd october organization,
- Re-organize,
- abu nidal organization,
- congress of industrial organizations,
- female genital organ,
- food and agriculture organization,
- foreign terrorist organization,
- gestalt law of organization,
- gestalt principle of organization,
- health maintenance organization,
- international labor organization,
- international labour organization,
- international maritime organization,
- lateral line organ,
- male genital organ,
- micro-organism,
- organ-grinder,
- organic brain syndrome,
- organization of american states,
- organization of the oppressed on earth,
- palestine liberation organization,
- revolutionary justice organization,
- self-organization,
- theory of organic evolution,
- world health organization,
- world meteorological organization,
- world trade organization,
- acute organic brain syndrome,
- ballistic missile defense organization,
- female internal reproductive organ,
- international civil aviation organization,
- male internal reproductive organ,
- north atlantic treaty organization,
- organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons,
- revolutionary organization 17 november,
- revolutionary organization of socialist muslims,
- food and agriculture organization of the united nations,
- mujahidin-e khalq organization,
- organic light-emitting diode,
- organization of petroleum-exporting countries,
- racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act,
- american federation of labor and congress of industrial organizations,
- united nations educational scientific and cultural organization