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organ

/ˈɔɹɡən/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

  1. a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
  2. a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function
    “The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department”
  3. (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ
  4. a periodical that is published by a special interest group
    “the organ of the communist party”
  5. 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
  6. a free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows

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