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Definition: Mouth Organ |
Mouth OrganNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Fine Arts | Small instrument generally rectangular in shape and made of metal and wood, which produces sound by means of vibrating reeds. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: Mouth OrganSynonyms: harmonica (n), harp (n), mouth harp (n). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | No thanks, I'm rhythm guitar and mouth organ. (Help!; writing credit: Marc Behm; Charles Wood) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | I paid out a lot of insurance on that--half-ounce premium brought a mouth organ, provided stomach trouble arose within ten days--and it did. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
mouth organ | 18 |
b b b b laos mouth organ | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "mouth organ"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | saze goje, harmonikë (harmonic, harmonica). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هرمونيكا آلة موسيقية شفوية, الشفوية الهرمونيكا. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | устна хармоника (harmonica, syrinx), мундхармоника. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | foukací harmonika. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | mundharpe, mundharmonika (harmonica). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | mondharmonika (harmonica). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | harmonica (mouthorgan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | mundharmonika (harmonica). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φυσαρμόνικα (accordion, concertina, harmonica). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מפוחית פ" (harmonica, jew's harp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szájharmonika (harmonica). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | armonica a bocca (harmonica). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ハーバード大学 (50% beam splitter, half, half coat, half made, half mirror, half size camera, half swing, half tone, half volley, halfback, halftime, halfway house, harem, harem pants, harmonica, harmonize, harmony, harp, harpoon, harpsichord, harpy, Harvard University, herb, herb tea, hierarchy, high, high octane gasoline, high quality, high-class, high-end, high-grade, highjack, high-key, high-key tone, high-octane, high-sulfur, highway, highway patrol, hijack, hike, hiker, hiking, hurler derby, hyena, jai-alai, someone of mixed Japanese-foreign race, stylish fellow, three-quarter, top coat, westernized). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ハーモニカ (harmonica). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | outhmay organay harmónica de boca (harmonica), harmônica de boca, harmônica (accordion, harmonica, reedpipe), gaita de boca (harmonica). (various references) muzicuţã (gab, harmonica). (various references) свирель (fistula, panpipe, pan-pipe, pipe, reed pipe, syrinx), губная гармоника (harmonica, mouth-organ). (various references) usna harmonika. (various references) armonica (harmonica), armónica (harmonica, harmonical). (various references) munspel (harmonica, harp, mouth-organ). (various references) mızıka (band, harmonica), armonika (harmonica). (various references) сопілка (panpipe), губна гармошка. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-h-m-n-o-o-r-t-u" | |
-3 letters: agoroth, gunroom, hangout, organum, outrang, romaunt. | |
-4 letters: agorot, amount, antrum, author, granum, hognut, honour, mahout, maroon, matron, morgan, mouton, naught, nougat, nought, ourang, outman, outran, ragout, ratoon, romano, thoron, throng, trogon, trough, unmoor, unroot. | |
-5 letters: among, amort, amour, argon, argot, aught, gamut, garth, gator, gaunt, ghaut, grant, groan, groat, groom, grout, grunt, guano. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 6F 75 74 68 4F 72 67 61 6E |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01101111 01110101 01110100 01101000 00100000 01001111 01110010 01100111 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M o u t h   O r g a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 006F 0075 0074 0068 004F 0072 0067 0061 006E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)478187867424984736780 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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