ALL meanings of organ
or·gan
O o - noun organ A large musical instrument having rows of tuned pipes sounded by compressed air, and played using one or more keyboards to produce a wide range of musical effects. The pipes are generally arranged in ranks of a particular type, each controlled by a stop, and often into larger sets linked to separate keyboards. 1
- noun organ music: keyboard instrument 1
- noun organ body part 1
- noun organ mouthpiece 1
- noun organ Also called pipe organ. a musical instrument consisting of one or more sets of pipes sounded by means of compressed air, played by means of one or more keyboards, and capable of producing a wide range of musical effects. 1
- noun organ any of various similar instruments, as a reed organ or an electronic organ. 1
- noun organ a barrel organ or hand organ. 1
- noun organ Biology. a grouping of tissues into a distinct structure, as a heart or kidney in animals or a leaf or stamen in plants, that performs a specialized task. 1
- noun organ penis. 1
- noun organ a newspaper, magazine, or other means of communicating information, thoughts, or opinions, especially in behalf of some organization, political group, or the like. 1
- noun organ an instrument or means, as of action or performance: This committee will be the chief organ of administration. 1
- noun organ Archaic. any of various musical instruments, especially wind, instruments. 1
- countable noun organ An organ is a part of your body that has a particular purpose or function, for example your heart or lungs. 0
- countable noun organ An organ is a large musical instrument with pipes of different lengths through which air is forced. It has keys and pedals rather like a piano. 0
- countable noun organ You refer to a newspaper or organization as the organ of the government or another group when it is used by them as a means of giving information or getting things done. 0
- noun organ a large complex musical keyboard instrument in which sound is produced by means of a number of pipes arranged in sets or stops, supplied with air from a bellows. The largest instruments possess three or more manuals and one pedal keyboard and have the greatest range of any instrument 0
- noun organ (as modifier) 0
- noun organ any instrument, such as a harmonium, in which sound is produced in this way 0
- noun organ a fully differentiated structural and functional unit, such as a kidney or a root, in an animal or plant 0
- noun organ an agency or medium of communication, esp a periodical issued by a specialist group or party 0
- noun organ an instrument with which something is done or accomplished 0
- noun organ a large wind instrument consisting of various sets of pipes which, as they are opened by corresponding keys on one or more keyboards, allow passage to a column of compressed air that causes sound by vibration 0
- noun organ any of several musical instruments producing similar or somewhat similar sounds 0
- noun organ any musical instrument; esp., a wind instrument 0
- noun organ in animals and plants, a part composed of specialized tissues and adapted to the performance of a specific function or functions 0
- noun organ a means or instrument for the performance of some action 0
- noun organ a means of communicating ideas or opinions, as a periodical 0