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organ

Organ is a 5 letter word which starts with the letter O and ends with the letter N for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(n.) An instrument or medium by which some important action is performed or an important end accomplished; as legislatures courts armies taxgatherers etc. are organs of government.
(n.) A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant capable of performing some special action (termed its function) which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as the heart lungs etc. are organs of animals; the root stem foliage etc. are organs of plants.
(n.) A component part performing an essential office in the working of any complex machine; as the cylinder valves crank etc. are organs of the steam engine.
(n.) A medium of communication between one person or body and another; as the secretary of state is the organ of communication between the government and a foreign power; a newspaper is the organ of its editor or of a party sect etc.
(n.) A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds which are filled with wind from a bellows and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural each pipe being considired an organ.

Syllable Information

The word organ is a 5 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for organ is: or-gan


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