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▸ noun: a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it ("The clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece")
▸ noun: United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)
▸ noun: 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: tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
▸ noun: a musical instrument that sounds by means of a reed
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 819 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #55)
▸ name: A male given name (rare: 1 in 10000 males; popularity rank in the U.S.: #661)
▸ Also see reeds
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▸ noun: a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it ("The clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece")
▸ noun: United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)
▸ noun: 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: tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
▸ noun: a musical instrument that sounds by means of a reed
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 819 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #55)
▸ name: A male given name (rare: 1 in 10000 males; popularity rank in the U.S.: #661)
▸ Also see reeds
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to reed
▸ Usage examples for reed
▸ Idioms related to reed (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing reed
▸ Words that often appear near reed
▸ Rhymes of reed
▸ Invented words related to reed