organ
/ˈɔɹɡən/ · 2 syllables
Meaning
noun
- a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
- a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function
“The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department” - (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ
- a periodical that is published by a special interest group
“the organ of the communist party” - wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
- a free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
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