organ
The larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
Example
“bodily organs”
Other meanings
A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.
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.
Synonyms
- electronic organ
A kind of
- electronic instrument
Related words
- bioorgan
- interorgan
- intraorgan
- multiorgan
- organbird
- organbuilder
- organbuilding
- organette
- organification
- organify
- organity
- organlegger
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "ὄργανον".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “organ” 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.