ACCORDION


Meaning of ACCORDION in English

I. noun

also ac·cor·de·on or ac·cor·di·an əˈkȯ(r)dēən also aˈ-

( -s )

Etymology: German akkordion, from akkord chord (from French accord ) + -ion (as in melodion )

: a portable keyboard wind instrument in which the wind is forced past free metallic reeds by means of a hand-operated bellows

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II. adjective

: folding like an accordion : creased or hinged so as to fold like an accordion

an accordion pleat

an accordion map

an accordion door

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.