Organ meaning

What does “organ” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“organ” is a noun with 6 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function.

organ

noun

  1. a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function

  2. a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function

    “The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department”

  3. (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ

  4. a periodical that is published by a special interest group

    “the organ of the communist party”

  5. wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard

    Synonymspipe organ
  6. a free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University