Meaning of organ | Babel Free

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1. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
2. The larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
3. organ (a larger part of an organism)
4. A census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States.
   countable, uncountable
5. A distinct part of an organism that performs one or more particular functions. Examples of organs are the eyes, ears, lungs, and heart of an animal, and the roots, stems, and leaves of a plant.
6. A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.
   broadly
7. organ (a musical instrument made of multiple pipes)
8. organies عُضْوِيّاً органично organicamente organicky organisch økologiskt; organiskt οργανικά órganicamente orgaaniliselt بطور اندامی یا نهادی orgaanisesti organiquement בְּצוָּרה אוֹרגָנִית अंगिक रूप में, ऐंद्रिक रूप में, संघटित शरीरों के संघटक रूप में organski szervesen; szervileg secara organis á lífrænan hátt organicamente 有機的に 유기적으로 organiškai, natūraliai organiski; dabiski secara organik organischorganisk; biologisk organicznie ول په ارګانيكى ډ organicamente (în mod) organic органическ...
9. organ, bulletin (an official publication of an organization)
10. A device, apparatus.
    obsolete
11. A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.
12. a usually large musical instrument similar to a piano, with or without pipes. He plays the organ; an electric organ. orrel أُرْغُن орган órgão varhany die Orgel orgel εκκλησιαστικό όργανο, αρμόνιοórgano orel ارگ؛ ارغنون urut orgueעוגב वाद्यराज, आर्गन orgulje orgona orgel orgel organo オルガン 오르간, 풍금 vargonai ērģeles organ orgelorgelorgany ارغنون د موسيقى اله órgão orgă орган organ orgle orgulje orgel หีบเพลงปาก org 管風琴 орган باجا đàn oóc 管风琴
    usually
13. body, authority, agency
14. An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
15. a person who plays the organ. the organist in the church. orrelis, orreliste عازِف أُرْغُن органист organista varhaník der/die Organist(in) organist αυτός που παίζει το εκκλησιαστικό όργανο organista orelimängija نوازندۀ ارغنون urkuri organiste נַגָן עוגָב आर्गन बजाने वाला orguljaš orgonista pemain orgel organisti organista オルガン奏者 오르간 연주자 vargonininkas ērģelnieks pemain organ organistorganist, orgelspiller organista ارغنون غږونكى organista organist органист organista organist orguljaš organis...
16. means; medium (of communication, etc.)
17. Ellipsis of organ pipe cactus.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
18. órgano, parte del cuerpo que realiza una función específica;end ___ → ___ terminal;
19. A government organization; agency; authority.
20. Music a. An instrument consisting of a number of pipes that sound tones when supplied with air and a keyboard that operates a mechanism controlling the flow of air to the pipes. Also called pipe organ.
    Music
21. The penis.
    slang
22. Biology A differentiated part of an organism, such as an eye, wing, or leaf, that performs a specific function.
    Biology
23. An Asian form of mitrailleuse.
    historical
24. An instrument or agency dedicated to the performance of specified functions: The FBI is an organ of the Justice Department.
25. An instrument or means of communication, especially a periodical issued by a political party, business firm, or other group.
26. (Instruments) a. Also called: pipe 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

Equivalents

Examples

“bodily organs”

“vital organ”

“No matter the extraordinary progress that has been made in heart surgery over the past century, the heart remains a vulnerable organ.”

“This Organ is called a Thermometer, or Thermoscope, because the degrees of Heat and Cold are measured and marked by it.”

“He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.”

“If the Snake has an unmistakeable resemblance to the male organ in its active state, the foliage of the tree or bush is equally remindful of the female.”

“Lieutenant Roberts was also severely wounded by a missile, or weapon called an Organ, which is composed of about thirty-six gun barrels so joined as to fire at once.”

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