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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•cer•ti•na /ˌkɑnsɚˈtinə/USA pronunciation n., pl. -nas, v., -naed /-nəd/USA pronunciation -na•ing /-nəɪŋ/.USA pronunciation
n. [countable] - Music and Dancea musical instrument resembling an accordion.
v. [no object] - to fold or collapse in the manner of a concertina:The front and back of the car concertinaed in the crash.
con•cer•ti•nist, n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•cer•ti•na (kon′sər tē′nə),USA pronunciation n., v., -naed (-nəd),USA pronunciation -na•ing (-nə ing),USA pronunciation adj.
n. - Music and Dancea musical instrument resembling an accordion but having buttonlike keys, hexagonal bellows and ends, and a more limited range.
- See concertina wire.
v.i. - to fold, crush together, or collapse in the manner of a concertina:The car concertinaed when it hit the truck.
v.t. - to cause to fold or collapse in the manner of a concertina.
adj. - of, pertaining to, or resembling a concertina:concertina pleats.
- compare concertino, seraphina a similar instrument apparently coined by the original instrument's inventor, English instrument-maker Charles Wheatstone (1802–75), who patented it in 1829
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