Meaning & Definition of Organ in English
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Organ
/ɔrgən/
noun
1. A fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
synonym:
- organ
2. A government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function
- "The census bureau is an organ of the commerce department"
synonym:
- organ
3. (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ
synonym:
- electric organ,
- electronic organ,
- Hammond organ,
- organ
4. A periodical that is published by a special interest group
- "The organ of the communist party"
synonym:
- organ
5. Wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
synonym:
- organ,
- pipe organ
6. A free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
synonym:
- harmonium,
- organ,
- reed organ
Examples of using
The clitoris is the most sensitive organ of a woman.
Was that Tom who was playing the organ at church last Sunday?
There is usually an organ in a church.