reed instrument

What does reed instrument mean?

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

What is another word for reed instrument?

Close synonyms include beating-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 reed instrument a common word?

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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for reed instrument come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.