English-Thai Dictionary

accordion

N หีบเพลง  hip-phleng

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ACCORDION

Ac *cor "di *on, n. Etym: [See Accord. ] (Mus. )

 

Defn: A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds.

 

ACCORDIONIST

ACCORDIONIST Ac *cor "di *on *ist, n.

 

Defn: A player on the accordion.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

accordion

ac cor di on |əˈkôrdēən əˈkɔrdiən | ▶noun a portable musical instrument with metal reeds blown by bellows, played by means of keys and buttons: [ as modifier ] : an accordion player. • [ as modifier ] folding like the bellows of an accordion: an accordion pleat. DERIVATIVES ac cor di on ist |-nist |noun ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from German Akkordion, from Italian accordare ‘to tune. ’

 

accordion scheduling

ac cor di on sched ul ing ▶noun the practice of continually adjusting the work schedule of part-time or temporary workers to accommodate a company's changing labor requirements.

 

Oxford Dictionary

accordion

accordion |əˈkɔːdɪən | ▶noun a musical instrument played by stretching and squeezing with the hands to work a central bellows that blows air over metal reeds, the melody and chords being sounded by buttons or keys. Compare with concertina. • [ as modifier ] folding like the bellows of an accordion: an accordion pleat. DERIVATIVES accordionist noun ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from German Akkordion, from Italian accordare ‘to tune ’.

 

accordion scheduling

ac cor di on sched ul ing ▶noun the practice of continually adjusting the work schedule of part-time or temporary workers to accommodate a company's changing labor requirements.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

accordion

accordion noun the auction purported to have one of Lawrence Welk's accordions: squeezebox, concertina, melodeon.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

accordion

ac cor di on /əkɔ́ː r diən / (!強勢は第2音節 ) 名詞 C アコーディオン (｟英 ｠piano accordion ).形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗じゃばらの ▸ an accordion file アコーディオン型ファイル ▸ an accordion door [gate ]伸縮自在のドア [門扉 ]▸ accordion pleats じゃばら状のひだ ～ist 名詞