pipe organ

pipe organ

n. See organ.

pipe organ

n (Instruments) another name for organ¹ Compare reed organ

or•gan

(ˈɔr gən)

n. 1. a. Also called pipe organ. a musical instrument having one or more sets of pipes actuated by keyboard and sounded by compressed air. b. a similar musical instrument having the tones produced electronically: an electronic organ. c. reed organ. d. barrel organ. e. hand organ. 2. a grouping of tissues into a distinct structure, as a heart or kidney in animals or a leaf or stamen in plants, that performs a specialized task. 3. a newspaper, magazine, or other means of communicating information, thoughts, or opinions, esp. in behalf of some organization or political group. 4. an instrument or means, as of action. 5. penis. [before 1000; Middle English: musical instrument, pipe organ, organ of the body, tool « Greek órganon implement, tool, bodily organ, musical instrument, akin to érgon work]

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pipe organ - wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboardorgankeyboard - device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the likekeyboard instrument - a musical instrument that is played by means of a keyboardorgan pipe, pipework, pipe - the flues and stops on a pipe organfoot lever, foot pedal, treadle, pedal - a lever that is operated with the footclavier, piano keyboard, fingerboard - a bank of keys on a musical instrumentstop - (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes; "the organist pulled out all the stops"wind instrument, wind - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath