| Pronunciation: | | `kânsur'teenu
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| Matching Terms: | | concertino
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds
- [n] coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle
- [v] collapse like a concertina
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| | See Also: | | barbed wire, collapse, free-reed instrument |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Con`cer*ti"na\, n. [From It. concerto a concert.]
A small musical instrument on the principle of the accordion.
It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on
the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of
the two hexagonal heads.
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