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What does reed mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word reed? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (countable) Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
  2. (countable) The hollow stem of these plants.
  3. (music) 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.
  4. (music) A musical instrument such as the clarinet or oboe, which produces sound when a musician blows on the reed.
  5. (countable, weaving) A comb-like tool for beating the weft when weaving.
  6. (uncountable, architecture) reeding
  7. (mining) A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.
  8. Straw prepared for thatching a roof.
Verb
  1. To mill or mint with reeding.
Verb
  1. simple past tense and past participle of ree
Noun
  1. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet.
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