reed¹ /rēd/

1. A tall stiff hard-culmed marsh or water grass of various kinds, esp Phragmites australis
2. A thing made, or formerly made, of a reed or reeds, eg a pen, an arrow, a measuring rod, a music pipe, the vibrating tongue of an organ-pipe or woodwind instrument (with or without the parts to which it is attached), a weaver's appliance for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft
3. Thatching
4. A small reedlike moulding
5. A reed instrument
6. The metal reed of an organ pipe used as the plate of a capacitor for electronic amplification

1. Reedlike (Shakespeare)
2. Having a vibrating reed (music)
3. Milled, ribbed

To thatch

reedˈed adjective

1. Covered with reeds or reed moulding
2. Having reed(s)

reedˈen adjective

Of reed

reedˈer noun

A thatcher

reedˈily adverb

reedˈiness noun

reedˈing noun

1. The milling on the edge of a coin
2. A reed moulding

reedˈling noun

A Eurasian bird, Panurus biarmicus (also called bearded tit)

reedˈy adjective (reedˈier; reedˈiest)

1. Abounding with reeds
2. Resembling a reed
3. Sounding like a reed instrument, esp in being thin and piping

reedˈ-band noun

A band of reed instruments

reedˈbed noun

reedˈ-bird noun

The bobolink

reedˈbuck noun

An African antelope (Redunca) with inward curving horns and a whistling call

reed bunting noun

A European bunting which breeds in marshy places and reedbeds

reedˈ-drawing noun

The combing out of rough straw by means of a frame

reedˈ-grass noun

A reedlike grass of various kinds (eg Phalaris or Arundo)

reed instrument noun

A woodwind with reed, such as a clarinet, oboe or bassoon

reedˈ-knife noun

A tool for organ-tuning

reedˈ-mace noun

A tall erect herb of the genus Typha, growing esp in marshy areas (also called cat's-tail)

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