reed, n.
(reeds)
(reeds)
a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
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beating-reed instrument reed reed instrument
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a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it
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reed vibrating reed
sample sentences
"the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece"
tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
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reed
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