3syllables
concertinas
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Definitions ofconcertinas
1noun
- 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.
1verb
- To become compressed into a shape reminiscent of a concertina
Example: "The car concertinaed into the wall."
- To be drawn closer and farther apart repeatedly, or up and down, as if situated on a working concertina's folds
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