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harmonica
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har·mon·i·ca  (här-mn-k)
n. Music
1. A small rectangular instrument consisting of a row of free reeds set back in air holes, played by exhaling or inhaling. Also called mouth harp, mouth organ; also called regionally French harp.
2. A glass harmonica.
3. An instrument consisting of tuned strips of metal or glass fixed to a frame and struck with a hammer.

[Alteration of obsolete armonica, glass harmonica, from Italian, feminine of armonico, harmonious, from Latin harmonicus, harmonic; see harmonic.]

harmonica [hɑːˈmɒnɪkə]
n
1. (Music / Instruments) a small wind instrument of the reed organ family in which reeds of graduated lengths set into a metal plate enclosed in a narrow oblong box are made to vibrate by blowing and sucking Also called mouth organ
2. (Music / Instruments) See glass harmonica
[from Latin harmonicus relating to harmony]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.harmonicaharmonica - a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole
free-reed instrument - a wind instrument with a free reed
Translations
harmonica [hɑːˈmɒnɪkə] Narmónica f

harmonica [hɑːrˈmɒnɪkə] nharmonica m

harmonica
nHarmonika f

harmonica [hɑːˈmɒnɪkə] narmonica a bocca
harmonica [hɑːˈmɒnɪkə] narmonica a bocca

harmonica
n harmonica [haːˈmonikə]
a kind of small musical instrument played with the mouth. harmonika, mondfluitjie هارمونيكا хармоника harmonika mundharmonika die Mundharmonika φυσαρμόνικα armónica suupill سازدهانی huuliharppu harmonica מַפּוּחִית פֶּה एक प्रकार का मुंह से बजाने वाला वाद्य यंत्र usna harmonika (száj)harmonika harmonika munnharpa armonica ハーモニカ 하모니카 lūpinė armonikėlė harmonika harmonika (mond)harmonica munnspill, (munn)harmonika organki gaita-de-beiços ar­monică (губная) гармоника harmonika orglice usna harmonika munspel หีบเพลงปาก ağız mızıkası 口琴 гармошка منہ سے بجایا جانے والا دستی آلئہ موسیقی kèn acmônica

harmonica آلة الهرمونيكا الموسيقية foukací harmonika mundharmonika Mundharmonika φυσαρμόνικα armónica huuliharppu harmonica usna harmonika armonica ハーモニカ 하모니카 mondharmonica munnspill harmonijka ustna gaita-de-beiços, gaita-de-boca губная гармоника munspel หีบเพลงปาก armonika kèn ácmônica 口琴


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``We dug the blues, jazz, the Latin stuff,'' said Oskar, whose line of namesake harmonicas, introduced in 1983, is well-established in musician circles.
The entire Washington Report staff had fun packing the jump ropes, toy cars, crayons, bubbles, dolls, harmonicas, and stuffed animals, and writing messages to the children.
Violins dance across shuffling beats; accordions, harmonicas, and various organs suggest clandestine rendezvous on the wrong but ever-so-right side of the tracks.
 
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