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# accordion

«accordion» in Mova's school dictionary: **a musical instrument you hold in your hands and squeeze…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an accordion, accordions); adjective use (accordion, as in accordion folds)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An accordion is a musical instrument you hold in your hands and squeeze in and out; the folding middle part pushes air through reeds while you press keys or buttons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accordion/#m1)

2) Accordion (before a noun) means folding in zigzags like an accordion: an accordion file, accordion pleats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accordion/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in music lessons, folk music (Irish, French, German, Ukrainian, Cajun), and in crafts (accordion-fold paper books).

### examples

- Grandad plays the accordion at parties. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accordion/#x1)
- The accordion has keys like a piano on one side. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accordion/#x2)
- A street musician was playing the accordion in Paris. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accordion/#x3)
- We made an accordion book by folding paper in zigzags. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accordion/#x4)
- The music of the accordion filled the dance hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accordion/#x5)
- She squeezed the accordion and a jolly tune came out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accordion/#x6)

### note

Spelling trap: «accordion» ends in «-ion», not «-ian», though the player is an «accordionist». Double «c». A smaller similar instrument with buttons is a «concertina».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «accordion» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accordion/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.