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concertina
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?ns??ti?n?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?ns??tin?/
Noun
concertina (plural concertinas)
- (music) A musical instrument, like the various accordions, that is a member of the free-reed family of musical instruments, typically having buttons on both ends.
- Something resembling a concertina, such as a folded book, a bus door or a set of picture frames that are folded together.
- Coiled barbed wire for use as an obstacle.
- A type of booklet label, consisting of up to 32 pages of booklet as an insert.
Derived terms
- concertinist
- concertina book
- concertina frame
Translations
Verb
concertina (third-person singular simple present concertinas, present participle concertinaing, simple past and past participle concertinaed)
- to become compressed into a shape reminiscent of a concertina
- 2012, Amy Schoeman, Skeleton Coast, page ii
- Millions of years ago the mica schists surrounding the old Brandberg West Mine became folded and concertinaed by enormous horizontal pressures.
- 2012, Amy Schoeman, Skeleton Coast, page ii
- to be drawn closer and farther apart repeatedly, or up and down, as if situated on a working concertina's folds
- 2007, David W Cameron, 25 April 1915: The Day the Anzac Legend Was Born, page 36
- This resulted in some fragmentation of the line as the boats in some cases closed to just 50 metres as they concertinaed in and out of sight of each other.
- 2007, David W Cameron, 25 April 1915: The Day the Anzac Legend Was Born, page 36
See also
- accordion
- bandoneon
References
Portuguese
Noun
concertina f (plural concertinas)
- (music) concertina
- (military) concertina (coiled barbed wire)
Related terms
- concerto
Spanish
Noun
concertina f (plural concertinas)
- (music) concertina
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fanfold
English
Etymology
fan +? fold
Adjective
fanfold (not comparable)
- Having the shape of fan or concertina, with a row of sheets alternately folded backwards and forwards.
Verb
fanfold (third-person singular simple present fanfolds, present participle fanfolding, simple past and past participle fanfolded)
- (transitive) To fold in this manner.
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