harmonica
A musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note.
Other meanings
A musical instrument, consisting of a series of hemispherical glasses which, by touching the edges with the dampened finger, give forth the tones.
A toy instrument of strips of glass or metal hung on two tapes, and struck with hammers.
Synonyms
- mouth harp
- mouth organ
- tin sandwich
- harp
A kind of
- free-reed instrument
Related words
- glass harmonica
- harmonica bug
- harmonicaist
- harmonicist
- Pandean harmonica
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “harmonica” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.