Definition of organ

noun (n)

• a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function (noun.body)

  source: wordnet30
• a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function (noun.group)

  Example:
  The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department.
  

  source: wordnet30
• (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: electric organ, electronic organ, hammond organ
  

  source: wordnet30
• a periodical that is published by a special interest group (noun.communication)

  Example:
  The organ of the communist party.
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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 (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: pipe organ
  

  source: wordnet30
• a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: harmonium, reed organ
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs; to organize. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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