concertina

  1. 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.
  2. Noun.  Something resembling a concertina, such as a folded book, a bus door or a set of picture frames that are folded together.
  3. Noun.  Coiled barbed wire for use as an obstacle.Webster's New Dictionary And Thesaurus, Geddes & Grosset Ltd., New Lanark, Scotland 1990.
  4. Noun.  A type of booklet label, consisting of up to 32 pages of booklet as an insert.
  5. Verb.  to become compressed into a shape reminiscent of a concertina.

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