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reed

/ reed /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
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"
Type of:
vibrator
Kinds of:
double reed
noun Sense 2
United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)
Type of:
surgeon operating surgeon sawbones
noun Sense 3
United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920)
Type of:
communist commie journalist
noun Sense 4
tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
Type of:
gramineous plant graminaceous plant
Kinds of:
toetoe toitoi Arundo conspicua Chionochloa conspicua giant reed
noun Sense 5
a musical instrument that sounds by means of a reed
Type of:
woodwind woodwind instrument wood
Kinds of:
double-reed instrument double reed free-reed single-reed instrument single-reed woodwind
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
23
Times Searched
3
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vibrator double reed surgeon operating surgeon sawbones communist commie journalist gramineous plant graminaceous plant toetoe toitoi