SQUEEZE BOX

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

accordion; squeeze box

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("squeeze box" is a kind of...):

free-reed instrument (a wind instrument with a free reed)

keyboard instrument (a musical instrument that is played by means of a keyboard)

Meronyms (parts of "squeeze box"):

clavier; fingerboard; piano keyboard (a bank of keys on a musical instrument)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "squeeze box"):

piano accordion (an accordion with a right-hand keyboard)

button accordion (an accordion with buttons rather than keys)