Definitions
Portable musical instrument played by squeezing bellows and pressing keys or buttons.
Word origin
First attested in 1831. Borrowed from German Akkordeon, from Akkord (“harmony”), from French accord, from Old French acorder, based on Italian accordare (“to tune”). See also accord.
Used in a sentence
“A disreputable accordion that had a leak somewhere and breathed louder than it squawked.”
“See also: telescoping”
“"Accordion" skirts are named from the musical instrument of that title, because the peculiar plaiting draws out and falls together again, in the same kind of folds, and with the same effect.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Squeezed keyboard”9 letters
02“Bellows instrument”9 letters
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