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BEATING-REED INSTRUMENT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does beating-reed instrument mean?

• BEATING-REED INSTRUMENT (noun)
The noun BEATING-REED INSTRUMENT has 1 sense:

1. a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed

Familiarity information: BEATING-REED INSTRUMENT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BEATING-REED INSTRUMENT (noun)

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Meaning:

A musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

beating-reed instrument; reed instrument; reed

Hypernyms ("beating-reed instrument" is a kind of...):

wood; woodwind; woodwind instrument (any wind instrument other than the brass instruments)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "beating-reed instrument"):

double reed; double-reed instrument (a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together)

free-reed (a reed that does not fit closely over the aperture)

single-reed instrument; single-reed woodwind (a beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone))

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BEATING-REED INSTRUMENT: related words searches

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