1syllable
reed
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Definitions ofreed
1noun
- Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
- The hollow stem of these plants.
- Part of the mouthpiece of certain woodwind instruments, comprising a thin piece of wood or metal which shakes very quickly to produce sound when a musician blows over it.
- A musical instrument such as the clarinet or oboe, which produces sound when a musician blows on the reed.
- A comb-like part of a beater for beating the weft when weaving.
- A piece of whalebone or similar for stiffening the skirt or waist of a woman's dress.
- Reeding.
- A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.
- Straw prepared for thatching a roof.
- A missile weapon.
- A measuring rod.
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