accordions
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pluralof accordion.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
accordionnouna portable wind instrument having a large bellows for forcing air through small metal reeds, a keyboard for the right hand, and buttons for sounding single bass notes or chords for the left hand.
Example Sentences
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The artist was primarily a pianist and flutist, but also played saxaphone, guitars, drums, and accordions - and frequently incorporated household objects into his work.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2025
There are two kinds of accordions — one with piano keys and one with buttons — but they have similar effects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024
It relies not on computers but on hand-played, largely acoustic instruments: guitars, accordions, brasses, reeds.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
Most accordionists who play Mexican music use button instruments called diatonic accordions, which produce different notes when the bellows are pushed and pulled.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2022
Street performers played accordions and walked low tightropes.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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