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reed
noun
A musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
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noun
A musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
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”
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Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
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The clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece
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