Definition of Reed

Noun: reed  reed

  1. Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
     
  2. A vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it
    "the clarinettist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece";
    - vibrating reed
     
  3. A musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
    - beating-reed instrument, reed instrument
Noun: Reed
  1. 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)
    - John Reed
     
  2. United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)
    - Walter Reed

See also:
reechy
reedbird

Anagrams containing the word reed

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