organ

7 definitions • 9 examples

a part of the body of an animal or plant that performs a particular job:

an external/internal/reproductive organ

an organ donor/transplant

a musical instrument with a keyboard in which sound is produced by air being forced through pipes of different sizes and lengths when you press the keys with your hands or feet, or in which sound is produced electronically:

Electronic organs are much smaller and cheaper than pipe organs.

a newspaper or broadcasting station produced by a particular organization and giving only the opinions of that organization:

The newspaper Pravda was the official organ of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union.

a part of the body of a person, animal, or plant that performs a special job

a musical instrument with one or more rows of keys that are pressed with the fingers to play notes produced by forcing air through pipes of different sizes, or a similar electronic instrument:

[ U ] Fred taught his wife to play the organ.

a newspaper or magazine that represents the opinions of a group or organization, or that is produced for a particular group of people:

The monthly journal was once the official organ of the Communist party.

She edits the company's house organ that is distributed to employees twice a year.

an organization that works as part of a larger organization, for example, a government:

China's top national security policy organ

the courts and other government organs