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beating reed — noun : a reed covering an air opening in a musical instrument so as to vibrate against the edge of an air slot (as in a clarinet or organ pipe) compare free reed … Useful english dictionary
beating-reed instrument — noun a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed • Syn: ↑reed instrument, ↑reed • Derivationally related forms: ↑reedy (for: ↑reed) • Hypernyms: ↑woo … Useful english dictionary
reed instrument — Music. a wind instrument with a single or double reed, as a saxophone or an oboe. Also called reed. * * * Any musical wind instrument that sounds when the player s breath or air from a wind chamber causes a reed (a thin blade of cane or metal) to … Universalium
reed instrument — noun a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed • Syn: ↑beating reed instrument, ↑reed • Derivationally related forms: ↑reedy (for: ↑reed) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
reed pipe — noun organ pipe with a vibrating reed • Hypernyms: ↑organ pipe, ↑pipe, ↑pipework * * * noun 1. : a musical instrument made of a reed : pipe 2. : a pipe of a pipe organ producing its musical tone by vibration of a beating reed in a current of air … Useful english dictionary
reed pipe — noun Date: circa 1741 a pipe organ pipe producing its tone by vibration of a beating reed in a current of air … New Collegiate Dictionary
Reed — Reed, n. [AS. hre[ o]d; akin to D. riet, G. riet, ried, OHG. kriot, riot.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and especially… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Reed babbler — Reed Reed, n. [AS. hre[ o]d; akin to D. riet, G. riet, ried, OHG. kriot, riot.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Reed bunting — Reed Reed, n. [AS. hre[ o]d; akin to D. riet, G. riet, ried, OHG. kriot, riot.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Reed canary grass — Reed Reed, n. [AS. hre[ o]d; akin to D. riet, G. riet, ried, OHG. kriot, riot.] 1. (Bot.) A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
