concertina

Speech parts

1. concertina - Noun

2. concertina - Verb

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

caterpillar compact telescope crush compress harmonica saxophone squash accordion bellows crimp clavichord seraphine musical instrument Amati
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Antonyms

direct pure straight smooth straightforward understandable
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Hypernyms

collapse barbed wire barbwire free-reed instrument

Hyponyms

bandoneon Chemnitzer concertina English concertina Anglo-German concertina

Phrases with the word

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Examples

When I was at school I used to scream in trains, in those concertina things between the carriages. I used to try to be so good that sometimes I couldn't bear it any more. Jane Birkin

German or Anglo-German concertinas were regarded as a lower-class instrument, and English concertina had an air of bourgeois respectability. Source: Internet

Chemnitzer concertina main Various German concertina systems share common construction features and core button layout. Source: Internet

Concertina main When push-points are absent, but there is not enough space to use sidewinding because of lateral constraints, such as in tunnels, snakes rely on concertina locomotion. Source: Internet

His 1844 patent for what he called a “concertina” also featured the ability to easily tune the reeds from the outside with a simple tool. Source: Internet

In general, snakes will use a modified form of concertina locomotion on smooth branches, but will laterally undulate if contact points are available. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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