accordion

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˈkɔ(ɹ).di.ˌən/
• (America) IPA: /ə.ˈkɔɹ.di.ən/

Noun

accordion (plural accordions)

1. A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind from a squeezed bellows upon free metallic reeds.
2. (GUI) A vertical list of items that can be individually expanded and collapsed to reveal their contents.

Synonyms

• squeezebox

Translations

• French: accordéon
• German: Akkordeon, Ziehharmonika, Handharmonika, Handorgel, (regional) Quetsche, (slangy, humorous) Quetschkommode, Schifferklavier
• Italian: fisarmonica
• Portuguese: acordeão, gaita (South Brazil), sanfona
• Russian: гармо́ника
• Spanish: acordeón

Verb

accordion (accordions, present participle accordioning; past and past participle accordioned)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To fold up, in the manner of an accordion

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