1. a small reed organ or harmonium with a keyboard
2. a type of button accordion with a single row of melody buttons
Usage: music

Examples

• The old melodeon sat in the corner of the church.
• She played hymns on the melodeon every Sunday morning.
• The folk musician carried his melodeon to the festival.
• The melodeon’s reeds needed tuning after years of use.
• He learned to play traditional Irish tunes on the melodeon.
• The antique melodeon was passed down through generations.