beating-reed instrument

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   a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed

   Synonymsreed instrumentreed

   Broaderwoodwind

   Narrowerdouble-reed instrumentfree-reedsingle-reed instrument

Questions about beating-reed instrument

What does beating-reed instrument mean?

beating-reed instrument means "a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed".

What is another word for beating-reed instrument?

Close synonyms include reed instrument, reed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is beating-reed instrument a common word?

beating-reed instrument is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.