reed
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1. a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed (noun.artifact)
| hyponym | : | free-reed, |
| definition | : | a reed that does not fit closely over the aperture (noun.artifact) |
2. a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | vibrator, |
| definition | : | a mechanical device that vibrates (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | double reed, |
| definition | : | a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together to produce the sound in some woodwinds (noun.artifact) |
3. United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902) (noun.person)
4. United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920) (noun.person)
| instance hypernym | : | commie, communist, |
| definition | : | a socialist who advocates communism (noun.person) |
| instance hypernym | : | journalist, |
| definition | : | a writer for newspapers and magazines (noun.person) |
5. tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites (noun.plant)
| hyponym | : | arundo donax, giant reed, |
| definition | : | large rhizomatous perennial grasses found by riversides and in ditches having jointed stems and large grey-white feathery panicles (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | carrizo, common reed, ditch reed, phragmites communis, |
| definition | : | tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts (noun.plant) |
6. a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | reedy, wheezy, |
| definition | : | having a tone of a reed instrument (adj.all) |
7. tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites (noun.plant)
| derivation | : | reedlike, reedy, |
| definition | : | resembling a reed in being upright and slender (adj.all) |
8. a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | reedy, wheezy, |
| definition | : | having a tone of a reed instrument (adj.all) |
9. tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites (noun.plant)
| derivation | : | reedlike, reedy, |
| definition | : | resembling a reed in being upright and slender (adj.all) |
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