sanfona — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
sanfona 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.
- hurdy-gurdy (musical instrument) A stringed instrument that produces a droning sound by turning a handle that connects to a wheel that rubs against a rosined string, with a keyboard also used to alter the pitch of the string.
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.