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melodeon

melodeon

1 8.3
A small box-shaped instrument like an accordion that you push and pull to make music
  • noun
  • /məˈloʊdiən/
  • UK
: melodión
  • The children gathered around as she expertly played the melodeon to entertain them.

Examples

  • He decided to buy a melodeon to join the local folk music group.

  • - My mother played the melodeon.

    Warlock (1959)

  • You'll have the only melodeon in the Territory.

    The Homesman (2014)

  • - A melodeon.

    The Homesman (2014)

  • So soon as I get into Loup, I'm gonna order a Mason & Hamlin melodeon.

    The Homesman (2014)

  • This was your great-aunt Angeline's melodeon," she said, leaning lightly against the small piano, its keys covered by a dark mahogany panel.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • You'll coax Marta into singing while you play the melodeon, and after Amelia's down, the two of you will read to each other from Mrs. Stowe until you reach the end of the chapter.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • At the folk festival, she beautifully played the melodeon during the evening concert.

Synonyms

melodion
vsmelodeon
1 9.9

A small keyboard instrument you play by blowing air through it

uses bellows pressed by the hands to supply air rather than mouth blowing

Surface Forms

melodeon singular
melodeons plural

Etymology

Melodeon comes from a Greek root for 'song'; the melo- part is the same as in melody ('song'). A helpful image is a 'little song box' you carry, which explains why a melodeon is a small, portable musical instrument used in folk music.