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FREE-REED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does free-reed mean? 

FREE-REED (noun)
  The noun FREE-REED has 1 sense:

1. a reed that does not fit closely over the apertureplay

  Familiarity information: FREE-REED used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FREE-REED (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A reed that does not fit closely over the aperture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("free-reed" is a kind of...):

beating-reed instrument; reed; reed instrument (a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed)

Holonyms ("free-reed" is a part of...):

free-reed instrument (a wind instrument with a free reed)


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