double-reed instrument

1. 1.

   a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together

   Synonymsdouble reed

   Broaderbeating-reed instrument

   NarrowerbassoonEnglish hornkrummhornoboe

   Partsdouble reed

Questions about double-reed instrument

What does double-reed instrument mean?

double-reed instrument means "a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together".

What is another word for double-reed instrument?

Close synonyms include double 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 double-reed instrument a common word?

double-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.