organ

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UK /ˈɔːɡən/ US /ˈɔɹɡən/

noun 5name 2verb 1

Collocations

(noun.) part of the body

ADJ

internal

important, vital

The heart is a vital organ that pumps blood throughout your body.

abdominal, genital | digestive, olfactory, reproductive, sense/sensory, sex/sexual, etc. | human

donor

My uncle finally received a call that a donor organ had become available for his transplant.

VERB + ORGAN

donate | transplant

ORGAN + NOUN

donation, donor | transplant, transplantation

(noun.) musical instrument

ADJ

pipe | mechanical | electric, electronic, Hammond (R) | barrel, mouth | church, fairground

ORGAN + NOUN

pedal, pipe, stop | loft

(noun.) official organization

ADJ

central, major

The heart is a major organ that pumps blood throughout your body.

administrative, constitutional, economic, judicial, legislative, political, security | party

Definitions

noun

The larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.

bodily organs

vital organ

A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.

A device, apparatus.

This Organ is called a Thermometer, or Thermoscope, because the degrees of Heat and Cold are measured and marked by it.

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.

He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.

An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.

verb

To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.

[W]hen he ſays, he has compaſſion on’em, they ſhould ask, where then are his Bowels! […] Alaſs! fond Creature, thou art Elemented and Organ’d for other Apprehenſions […]

name

A surname.

A census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air

harmonium

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

the organ grinder, not the monkey

Synonym of organ grinder (“the person who is in charge, rather than a lackey or representative; the person truly responsible for another's actions”).

If my hon. Friend said that the headquarters of the Board was to be situated in one of the regions, that would be some help. We need more than branch offices and subsidiaries. We w

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bodily organs

Wiktionary

vital organ

Wiktionary

No matter the extraordinary progress that has been made in heart surgery over the past century, the heart remains a vulnerable organ.

Wiktionary

[W]hen he ſays, he has compaſſion on’em, they ſhould ask, where then are his Bowels! […] Alaſs! fond Creature, thou art Elemented and Organ’d for other Apprehenſions […]

Wiktionary

There is usually an organ in a church.

Tatoeba · #19097

The surgeon persuaded me to undergo an organ transplant operation.

Tatoeba · #21982

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, organ is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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