reed
noun
1. tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
Definition categories: plant
2. a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it
- the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece
Definition categories: man–made, vibrator
3. a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
verb
1. To mill or mint with reeding.
2. simple past tense and past participle of ree