Organ Definition
ôrgən
organs
noun
organs
A large wind instrument consisting of various sets of pipes which, as they are opened by corresponding keys on one or more keyboards, allow passage to a column of compressed air that causes sound by vibration.
Webster's New World
Any of several musical instruments producing similar or somewhat similar sounds.
Webster's New World
Any musical instrument; esp., a wind instrument.
Webster's New World
In animals and plants, a part composed of specialized tissues and adapted to the performance of a specific function or functions.
Webster's New World
A means or instrument for the performance of some action.
An organ of local government.
Webster's New World
verb
(obsolete) To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Organ
Noun
Singular:
organPlural:
organsOrigin of Organ
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From Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (organon, “an instrument, implement, tool, also an organ of sense or apprehension, an organ of the body, also a musical instrument, an organ"), from *ἔργειν (ergein, “to work").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old French organe and from Old English organe both from Latin organum tool, instrument from Greek organon werg- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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