accordion
A piano accordion
Meanings
Noun
- A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind from a squeezed bellows upon free metallic reeds.
- A vertical list of items that can be individually expanded and collapsed to reveal their contents.
Verb
- To fold up, in the manner of an accordion
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Origin
- First attested in 1831. From German Akkordeon, from Akkord, from French accord, from Old French acorder, based on Italian accordare ("to tune"). See also accord.
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