|  reed 
  
 
 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
 
 
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