VIBRATING REED

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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:

reed; vibrating reed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("vibrating reed" is a kind of...):

vibrator (a mechanical device that vibrates)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vibrating reed"):

double reed (a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together to produce the sound in some woodwinds)