organ
89
5.3
- noun
- /ˈɔrɡən/
- From the choir loft beside the huge pipe organ, Lori could see them all.
- play the organ
- organ music
- pipe organ
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Examples
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At precisely five to eight, an electric organ begins to play an old Methodist hymn.
Academic text (1994) -
A tone sounded from the organ, filling the temple with its clarion call to prayer.
Fiction book (1992) -
- No, he plays the organ.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I give you on the Mouse Organ...
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With that barrel-organ under you.
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Dragging them up the steps toward the pipe organ, he warned them to be quiet.
Fiction book (1991) -
OK, that's the organ in the church at Ornstadt where Bach worked.
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When the drummers stepped aside and the organ began, she walked down the flower-strewn aisle.
Fiction book (1990) -
Wearing protective goggles, the organ grinder twists out some music as his monkeys dance.
Fiction book (1992) -
The organ in the cathedral filled the room with beautiful music during the wedding ceremony.
Synonyms
269
1.9
An object like a piano or violin that makes musical sounds
24
2.3
A thing like a piano or guitar that you play to make music
5
5.3
A large musical instrument that makes sound through many pipes and you play with keyboards and pedals
2
5.4
An electronic keyboard that makes a rich organ sound like a pipe organ, used in jazz and rock
2
8.1
A keyboard instrument that makes sound when air is pushed through thin metal strips using hand pumps
1
4.0
A keyboard instrument that makes sounds like a pipe organ using electricity
1
9.9
A keyboard instrument that makes sound when air is pulled through thin metal strips, making a warm vibrating sound
1
4.4
A keyboard instrument that makes pipe-organ sounds using electronic parts
1
3.1
A musical machine with keys you press to make notes, like a piano or organ
A musical instrument that uses hot air to make whistles played by a keyboard
Compounds
29
3.0
A main part inside the body that does an important job, like the heart or liver
- Specialized
15
3.6
A medical operation to move a healthy organ from one person into another who needs it
- Specialized
7
3.3
A body part used to make babies, like the penis, vagina, testes, or ovaries
5
5.3
A large musical instrument that makes sound through many pipes and you play with keyboards and pedals
- Archaic
4
8.3
A street musician who plays a small hand-turned organ, often with a monkey, or a person in charge
2
5.4
An electronic keyboard that makes a rich organ sound like a pipe organ, used in jazz and rock
2
8.1
A keyboard instrument that makes sound when air is pushed through thin metal strips using hand pumps
- Specialized
1
8.6
A small part at the end of a nerve that senses touch or makes a muscle move
1
3.7
A body part that takes in oxygen and removes carbon dioxide when an animal breathes
- Specialized
1
5.1
An organ that removes waste from the blood and sends it out as urine
- Archaic
1
9.9
A small music machine you turn by hand to play tunes from a cylinder with pegs
1
9.9
A keyboard instrument that makes sound when air is pulled through thin metal strips, making a warm vibrating sound
- Specialized
1
5.1
A body part that removes waste from the blood and sends it out of the body, like the kidneys
- Specialized
1
5.3
An organ inside the female body that makes eggs or supports a pregnancy
- Specialized
1
9.3
A gland inside a man's body that helps make the fluid that carries sperm
- Specialized
1
9.9
A part of the inner ear that senses gravity and straight head movement
- Specialized
1
7.3
An organ that fills with blood and becomes firm during sexual excitement, like the penis or clitoris
- Specialized
1
8.8
A group of cells on fish that sense water movement and pressure
- Specialized
A part of the body that gets shorter to move things, like a muscle or the heart
- Jargon
A group of pipes on an organ that make a particular sound when you choose them
- Specialized
A body part that makes and releases substances into the blood or through tubes
- Specialized
A sensor on a machine that detects light, sound, distance or temperature
- Archaic
A musical instrument that uses hot air to make whistles played by a keyboard
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Etymology
The word organ comes from the Greek organon, which meant 'tool' or 'instrument'. So a musical organ is literally an instrument that makes sound, and you can remember the root in organize, which also means to make parts work together.