Reed Meaning
There are 5 meaning(s) for word Reed
Meaning 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)
Synonyms : john reed
Synonyms : john reed
Meaning 2 : a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it
Example : the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece
Synonyms : vibrating reed
Example : the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece
Synonyms : vibrating reed
Meaning 3 : United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)
Synonyms : walter reed
Synonyms : walter reed
Meaning 4 : a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
Synonyms : beating-reed instrument, reed instrument
Synonyms : beating-reed instrument, reed instrument
Meaning 5 : tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
How to Pronounce Reed
- rid