Meaning

1 senses
  1. A portable organ played by means of a crank turned by the hand.

More definitions
  • a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs

Forms

plural: hand organs
Singularhand organ
Pluralhand organs

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs:barrel organgrind organ

See also

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