accordion

1. A box-shaped musical instrument played by compressing or expanding its bellows while pressing its buttons or its keys, causing pallets to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel (reeds).

   Akkordeon, Ziehharmonika, Handharmonika

   гармо́никаgarmónika, гармо́ньgarmónʹ, аккордео́нakkordeón

   акордео́нakordeón, гармо́ніяharmónija

   a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player

2. A vertical list of items that can be individually expanded and collapsed to reveal their contents.

3. (attributive, figuratively)Something, or set of things (concepts, etc), which can be expanded (or extended) and collapsed, like the musical instrument's pleated, folding bellows.

   See also: telescoping

1. Tom plays the accordion.

   Том грає на акордеоні.

   ruТом играет на аккордеоне.

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2. Tom plays the accordion quite well.

   ruТом довольно хорошо играет на аккордеоне.

   deTom spielt ziemlich gut Akkordeon.

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3. Can you still play the accordion?

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4. An accordion is a musical instrument.

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5. Where did you get that accordion?

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