REED INSTRUMENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed

Synonyms:

beating-reed instrument; reed; reed instrument

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("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 "reed instrument"):

double-reed instrument; double reed (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))