Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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
single-reed instrument — noun a beating reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone) • Syn: ↑single reed woodwind • Hypernyms: ↑beating reed instrument, ↑reed instrument, ↑reed • Hyponyms: ↑clarinet, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
double-reed instrument — noun a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together • Syn: ↑double reed • Hypernyms: ↑beating reed instrument, ↑reed instrument, ↑reed • Hyponyms: ↑bassoon, ↑ … 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
beating reed — noun Date: 1879 a reed in a musical instrument that vibrates against the edges of an air opening (as in a clarinet or organ pipe) to which it is attached compare free reed … New Collegiate Dictionary
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
reed´like´ — reed «reed», noun, adjective, verb. –n. 1. a kind of tall grass with a hollow, jointed stalk that grows in wet places. 2. such a stalk. 3. Figurative. anything or anyone like a reed, such as a person or thing that is frail, weak, or delicate:… … 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
single-reed woodwind — noun a beating reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone) • Syn: ↑single reed instrument • Hypernyms: ↑beating reed instrument, ↑reed instrument, ↑reed • Hyponyms: ↑clarinet, ↑ … Useful english 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
