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CONCERTINA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("concertina" is a kind of...):
free-reed instrument (a wind instrument with a free reed)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "concertina"):
bandoneon (a type of concertina popular in South America)
Chemnitzer concertina (a hand-held and bellows-driven accordion)
English concertina (a concertina developed in England)
Anglo-German concertina (a concertina with bellows and buttons on both ends)
Derivation:
concertina (collapse like a concertina)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("concertina" is a kind of...):
barbed wire; barbwire (strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Collapse like a concertina
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "concertina" is one way to...):
collapse (fold or close up)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
concertina (free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds)
