Definitions for concertina

concertina con·cer·ti·na

Spelling: [kon-ser-tee-nuh]
IPA: /ˌkɒn sərˈti nə/

Concertina is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 666 anagrams from letters in concertina (acceinnort).

Definitions for concertina

noun

  1. a musical instrument resembling an accordion but having buttonlike keys, hexagonal bellows and ends, and a more limited range.
  2. concertina wire.

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or resembling a concertina:

verb (used with object)

  1. to cause to fold or collapse in the manner of a concertina.

verb (used without object)

  1. to fold, crush together, or collapse in the manner of a concertina:

Origin of concertina

apparently coined by the original instrument's inventor, English instrument-maker Charles Wheatstone (1802-75), who patented it in 1829; cf. concertino, seraphi

Examples for concertina

When the man with the concertina came into the light and I saw him clearly I started.

"Now then, you concertina boys, give us a two-step," he called out.

A youth plays the concertina; there is laughter, then an abrupt silence.

He thinks he'll just swap one of them overcoats for a concertina.

There is concertina barbed wire going up on parts of the border between Bangladesh and India.

It was Uncle Ben who played the concertina at the door of his hut in the evening.

This was what had happened to the Miguels and Serapios and the concertina.

The whole thing's like a concertina, and some one jigging it!

At a meeting of prominent Zabul women, she casually mentioned that her office needed a higher fence and concertina wire.

The band at Holboch consisted of a kettledrum and a concertina.

Word Value for concertina
Scrable

14

Words with friends

18

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