haitari — meaning in English
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English meaning
- accordion noun A boxy musical instrument with folding bellows, played by pressing buttons or keys while squeezing air through it.
- bellows noun A hand-operated device that pumps a blast of air when squeezed, used to fan a fire or power an instrument like an accordion.
- concertina noun A small musical instrument like an accordion, played by pressing buttons while squeezing the bellows in and out.
- pantograph noun A mechanical linkage of parallelogram-shaped bars that lets two points move in parallel, often used to copy a drawing at a different scale.
Senses
haitari is used for these senses in English:
- accordion A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds).
- bellows Any flexible container or enclosure, as one used to cover a moving joint.
- concertina A musical instrument, like the various accordions, that is a member of the free-reed family of musical instruments, typically having buttons on both ends.
- pantograph By extension, a structure of crosswise bars linked in such a way that it can extend and compress like an accordion, such as in a pantograph mirror or a scissor lift.
- squeeze box (musical instrument, informal) An accordion or concertina.
accordion — full definition
- noun A boxy musical instrument with folding bellows, played by pressing buttons or keys while squeezing air through it.
- noun A user-interface element made of sections that expand and collapse, similar to the instrument's folds.
bellows — full definition
- noun A hand-operated device that pumps a blast of air when squeezed, used to fan a fire or power an instrument like an accordion.
- noun Informally, the lungs.
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