1. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player; [syn: accordion, piano accordion, squeeze box]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
squeeze box
n 1: a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are
made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the
player [syn: accordion, piano accordion, squeeze box]