VIBRATING REED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vibrating reed mean? 

• VIBRATING REED (noun)
  The noun VIBRATING REED has 1 sense:

1. a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIBRATING REED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

reed; vibrating reed

Context example:

the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece

Hypernyms ("vibrating reed" is a kind of...):

vibrator (a mechanical device that vibrates)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vibrating reed"):

double reed (a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together to produce the sound in some woodwinds)