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mouth organ
Word definitions for mouth organ in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mouth \Mouth\ (mouth), n.; pl. Mouths (mou[th]z). [OE. mouth, mu[thorn], AS. m[=u eth]; akin to D. mond, OS. m[=u eth], G. mund, Icel. mu[eth]r, munnr, Sw. mun, Dan. mund, Goth. mun[thorn]s, and possibly L. mentum chin; or cf. D. muil mouth, muzzle, G. ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A mouth organ is a generic term for free reed aerophone with one or more air chambers fitted with a free reed. Though it spans many traditions, it is played universally the same way by the musician placing their lips over a chamber or holes in the instrument, ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Adler gave the instrument dignity, inspiring composers such as Vaughan Williams and Joaquin Rodrigo to write for the humble mouth organ . ▪ He played first a whistle, then a mouth organ , then a trumpet. ▪ I don't remember the ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The harmonica 2 The panpipes 3 The Jew's harp
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole [syn: harmonica , harp , mouth harp ]
Usage examples of mouth organ.
As the sun went down and the crickets started chirping in the trees and brush all around, they were seated side by side on an old fallen log, eating from tin plates and sipping coffee from clay mugs while, somewhere in the gathering dusk, that plaintive mouth organ began to moan about Aura Lee.
Charlie kept his section squelching forward through the mud with songs from the music halls, accompanied by Tommy on the mouth organ.
Harry, who had expected something much more exciting, saw a mess of small, everyday objects: a yo-yo, a silver thimble, and a tarnished mouth organ among them.