reed

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noun

1. tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
• Derivationally related forms:
reedy
• Hypernyms:
gramineous plant, graminaceous plant
• Hyponyms:
toetoe, toitoi, Arundo conspicua, Chionochloa conspicua, giant reed,
Arundo donax, ditch reed, common reed, carrizo, Phragmites communis
2. a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it
- the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece
• Syn:
vibrating reed
• Hypernyms:
vibrator
• Hyponyms:
double reed
3. a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
• Syn:
beating-reed instrument, reed instrument
• Derivationally related forms:
reedy
• Hypernyms:
woodwind, woodwind instrument, wood
• Hyponyms:
double-reed instrument, double reed, free-reed, single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  beating-reed instrument, reed instrument, vibrating reed, Reed, Walter Reed, John Reed