Organ - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function
- a periodical that is published by a special interest group
- a free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows (syn: harmonium)
Extra examples
...that newspaper is intended as an organ for the whole university community...
Extra doses of the hormone caused the animals' reproductive organs to develop sooner than usual.
In Arizona, 480 people are waiting for organ transplants.
The courts are organs of government.
The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department
The procedure is gaining recognition as the latest advance in organ transplant surgery.
...an outpouring of affection and support for the high school athlete in need of an organ transplant...
...plangent organ music filled the church...
The organ resounded throughout the church.
No one can play the organ during service time without the consent of the Vicar.
He just knew the bell of the church from the organ.
The human brain is an incredibly complicated organ.
There was the muffled sound of organ practice coming from the chapel.
In a stroke of luck, a suitable organ donor became available.
...analogized the White House scandal to a cancer that was spreading to every internal organ of the body...
Word forms
singular: organ
plural: organs
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