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REED INSTRUMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does reed instrument mean?
• REED INSTRUMENT (noun)
The noun REED INSTRUMENT has 1 sense:
1. a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
Familiarity information: REED INSTRUMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
beating-reed instrument; reed; reed instrument
Hypernyms ("reed instrument" is a kind of...):
wood; woodwind; woodwind instrument (any wind instrument other than the brass instruments)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reed instrument"):
double-reed instrument; double reed (a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together)
free-reed (a reed that does not fit closely over the aperture)
single-reed instrument; single-reed woodwind (a beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone))
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