BEATING-REED INSTRUMENT
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)
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))