what does vibrating reed mean?
VIBRATING REED as NOUN
- Meaning
- a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it
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- the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece
Hypernyms(s) vibrating reed is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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