reed
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
Types & categories
- gramineous plant hypernym
- toitoi hyponym
- giant reed hyponym
- ditch reed hyponym
Related & opposite
- reedlike derivation
Sense 2 noun
a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it
the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece
Types & categories
- vibrator hypernym
- double reed hyponym
Sense 3 noun
a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
Types & categories
- woodwind hypernym
- double reed hyponym
- free-reed hyponym
- single-reed instrument hyponym
Related & opposite
- reedy derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | reedlike |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | gramineous plant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | toitoi |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | giant reed |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ditch reed |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | vibrator |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | double reed |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | reedy |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | woodwind |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | double reed |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | free-reed |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | single-reed instrument |