accordion
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5.6
- noun
- /əˈkɔrdɪən/
:
acordeón
- Recently, the Marianos attended a party where the hosts' young son played his accordion for the guests.
- play the accordion
- piano accordion
- accordion music
OK, we teach accordion or slide guitar.
- OK, we teach accordion or slide guitar.
- Thank you, the glad accordion's wheeze in the chest.
- You ask me, he's more like Tech Weird Al, just without the accordion or a personality.
Examples
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Occasionally, a small piano or an accordion was used as the key melody instrument.
Academic text (1999) -
The cheerful sound of an accordion and the loud clamor of voices.
Fiction book (1994) -
I wonder if I can play the accordion, too.
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Because of her ability, she was known as the "Queen of the Accordion."
Academic text (1999) -
Yes, the man was able to have a successful career with nothing but the dream, an accordion and other people's fully written songs.
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Mary Cougan played the accordion after dinner, and we sang all the old songs.
Fiction book (1995) -
As we left the terrace, an accordion player and a fiddler were tuning their instruments.
Fiction book (1999) -
During the festival, the street performer entertained the crowd with his lively accordion music.
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She learned to play the accordion from her grandfather, who was a talented musician.
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At the family gathering, we all enjoyed listening to Uncle Joe play his accordion on the porch.
Synonyms
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6.3
A box-shaped instrument with bellows that you press to make music, like an accordion
Compounds
A musical instrument with a folding part that you push and pull while pressing buttons to play notes
A musical instrument with a piano-style keyboard for the right hand and buttons for the left hand
How Portable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Accordion comes from a word meaning 'chord' or 'harmony', the same root as accord. It was named this because the instrument plays joined notes called 'chords' and uses folding bellows to push air and make its sound.