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Harmonica   /hɑrmˈɑnɪkə/   Listen
Harmonica

noun
1.
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.  Synonyms: harp, mouth harp, mouth organ.






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"Harmonica" Quotes from Famous Books



... a minute, and then alighted upon her favorite sweet-meats, "pepnits." She chose for her portion a large amount of these, an harmonica, and a sugar pig, which Dotty assured her was not "colored." "Nothing but pink dots, and those you can ...
— Dotty Dimple's Flyaway • Sophie May

... the squalling of a hurt child and a man's oath roughly silencing it, while through and above all other sounds came the bleating of a harmonica ceaseless ...
— Anything Once • Douglas Grant

... bombardon tuba^. [Vibrating surfaces] cymbal, bell, gong; tambour^, tambourine, tamborine^; drum, tom-tom; tabor, tabret^, tabourine^, taborin^; side drum, kettle drum; timpani, tympani^; tymbal^, timbrel^, castanet, bones; musical glasses, musical stones; harmonica, sounding-board, rattle; tam-tam, zambomba^. [Vibrating bars] reed, tuning fork, triangle, Jew's harp, musical box, harmonicon^, xylophone. sordine^, sordet^; sourdine^, sourdet^; ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget



Words linked to "Harmonica" :   mouth organ, free-reed instrument, mouth harp



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