noun
concertina
Concertina (noun) means a small musical instrument like an accordion, played by pressing buttons while squeezing the bellows in and out.
noun
1
A small musical instrument like an accordion, played by pressing buttons while squeezing the bellows in and out.
"That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls."
— Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1913)
2
Something that folds up in pleats, the way a set of joined picture frames or a bus door can.
3
(military) Barbed wire coiled up and used to block a path or area.
4
A label made from a small folded booklet, up to 32 pages long, used as an insert.
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Etymology
Formed from concert and -ina.
Rhymes for concertina
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What is the meaning of concertina?
"concertina" (noun) means a small musical instrument like an accordion, played by pressing buttons while squeezing the bellows in and out.
What are the different meanings of concertina?
"concertina" has 3 main meanings: 1. A small musical instrument like an accordion, played by pressing buttons while squeezing the bellows in and out; 2. Something that folds up in pleats, the way a set of joined picture frames or a bus door can; 3. (military) Barbed wire coiled up and used to block a path or area.
