concertina

Hexagonal reed instrument

A concertina is a small handheld instrument similar to an accordion, with bellows and buttons on each end.

To concertina is to collapse or fold in accordion-like pleats: The car concertinaed on impact.

Concertina wire is razor wire coiled in expandable spirals, used as a barrier.

instrument

bellows

Handheld device forcing air

duet · button · reeds · airflow · fingering · squeeze · treble · bass · straps · ends

squeezeboxes

melodeon

Small pump organ

harmonica · melodica

music

folk

Regular common people

  • shantiesRamshackle huts or sailors' work songs
  • ceilidhScottish social dance gathering
  • polkaBouncy partnered folk step

jig · reel · session · tango · chords · melody · harmony · accompaniment · drone · ornament

foldable

pleated

Having pressed folds

zigzag · portable · compact · folding · retractable · telescopic · hinged · segmented · stackable · space-saving

tango

milonga

Argentine social dance

embrace · salon

barrier

coiled

Arranged in spirals

fencing · military · prison · deterrent · entanglement · spiral · galvanized · deployment · checkpoint · fortification

Categories
Opposites
musical instrument type

concertinapipe organ

Wind instrument with tuned tubes

grand piano · synthesizer · piano · organ · timpani

bellows-driven instrument subtypes

concertinapiano accordion

Keyed free-reed bellows instrument

melodeon · harmonica

PHYSICAL MOTION (as verb/action)

concertinaextend

Make longer or larger

stretch · expand · unfold · stretch out · elongate

Phrases
Family

concertinas

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G