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SINGLE-REED INSTRUMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does single-reed instrument mean?
• SINGLE-REED INSTRUMENT (noun)
The noun SINGLE-REED INSTRUMENT has 1 sense:
1. a beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone)
Familiarity information: SINGLE-REED INSTRUMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SINGLE-REED INSTRUMENT (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
single-reed instrument; single-reed woodwind
Hypernyms ("single-reed instrument" is a kind of...):
beating-reed instrument; reed; reed instrument (a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "single-reed instrument"):
clarinet (a single-reed instrument with a straight tube)
hornpipe; pibgorn; stockhorn (an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone)
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