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Word: reed
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Meaning:
Noun:
- countable Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
- botany The hollow stem of these plants.
- music A musical instrument such as the clarinet or oboe, which produces sound when a musician blows on the reed.
- music Part of the mouthpiece of certain woodwind instruments, comprising of a thin piece of wood or metal which shakes very quickly to produce sound when a musician blows over it.
- uncountable (as a material) rfdef
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Proper noun:
- male|from=surnames transferred from the surname.
- from=Old English|dot=, a spelling variant of Reid.
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