1. Edible viscera of a butchered animal
   "The chef prepared a dish using various organs, including liver and kidneys";
   - variety meat

1. A fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
   "The heart is a vital organ responsible for pumping blood throughout the body"
    
2. 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
   "The majestic sound of the pipe organ filled the cathedral";
   - pipe organ
    
3. A free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
   "The old church used a harmonium instead of an organ";
   - harmonium, reed organ
    
4. (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ
   "The Hammond organ was popular in jazz and rock music"; "The electric organ was popular in jazz and rock music";
   - electric organ, electronic organ, Hammond organ
    
5. A government agency or instrument devoted to the performance of some specific function
   "The Census Bureau is an organ of the Commerce Department"
    
6. A publication that serves as the voice of an organization or interest group
   "the organ of the communist party"

Type of: agency, authority, body part, breath, bureau, electronic instrument, electronic musical instrument, federal agency, government agency, instrument, keyboard instrument, meat, office, periodical, wind, wind instrument

Encyclopedia: Organs