concertina
- Noun. (musical instruments) A musical instrument, like the various accordions, that is a member of the free-reed family of musical instruments, typically having buttons on both ends.
- Noun. Something resembling a concertina, such as a folded book, a bus door or a set of picture frames that are folded together.
- Noun. Coiled barbed wire for use as an obstacle.Webster's New Dictionary And Thesaurus, Geddes & Grosset Ltd., New Lanark, Scotland 1990.
- Noun. A type of booklet label, consisting of up to 32 pages of booklet as an insert.
- Verb. to become compressed into a shape reminiscent of a concertina.
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