STREET ORGAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does street organ mean? 

• STREET ORGAN (noun)
  The noun STREET ORGAN has 1 sense:

1. a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs

  Familiarity information: STREET ORGAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STREET ORGAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

barrel organ; grind organ; hand organ; hurdy gurdy; hurdy-gurdy; street organ

Hypernyms ("street organ" is a kind of...):

instrument; musical instrument (any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds)