Dictionary:

reed

  (rēd)

1. 1. Any of various tall perennial grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites or Arundo, having hollow stems, broad leaves, and large plumelike terminal panicles.
   2. The stalk of any of these plants.
   3. A collection of these stalks: reed for making baskets.
2. Music. A primitive wind instrument made of a hollow reed stalk.
3. Music.
   1. A flexible strip of cane or metal set into the mouthpiece or air opening of certain instruments to produce tone by vibrating in response to a stream of air.
   2. An instrument, such as an oboe or clarinet, that is fitted with a reed.
4. A narrow movable frame fitted with reed or metal strips that separate the warp threads in weaving.
5. Architecture. A reeding.

[Middle English rede, from Old English hrēod.]

A thin layer of metal, plastic or most frequently natural reed (or ‘cane’), set into vibration by air from bellows or a player's lungs. There are two types used in Western art music ‘beating’ and ‘free’. The former may be single (as in the clarinet, saxophone and the reed stop of an organ), where the reed beats against a fixed surface, or double (as in the oboe and bassoon), where two reed surfaces beat together. The free reed, which vibrates freely under air pressure, is found in certain organ pipes and reed organs such as the harmonium, accordion and concertina (all bellows-blown). The mouth organ is one of the few mouth-blown free reeds.

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1. A small convex molding, usually one of several set close together to decorate a surface.
2. (pl.) Same as reeding.
3. A straw-like material prepared for thatching a roof.

A thin piece of wood or plastic used in many woodwind instruments. It vibrates when the player holds it in the mouth and blows over it (as with a single reed) or through it (as with a double reed). Clarinets and saxophones use a single reed; bassoons and oboes use a double reed.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - rør, tækkestrå, rørblad

idioms:

• reed organ    stueorgel

Nederlands (Dutch)
riet, mondriet, riethalm, weverskam, (mv) houten blaasinstrument met riet, lijst met reliëf van rietwerk, zes ellen (lengtemaat), rieten, met riet dekken, riet op instrument zetten, stro tot riet bewerken, versieren met rietwerk

Français (French)
n. - (Bot) roseau, (Mus) anche
v. tr. - couvrir (un toit) de roseaux, rainurer (autour d'une médaille)

idioms:

• reed organ    orgue

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schilf, Schilfrohr, Rohrblatt, Rohrblattinstrument
v. - Rohr-, Schilf-

idioms:

• reed organ    (Mus.) Harmonium

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καλάμι, καλαμιά, (μουσ.) γλωττίδα πνευστού οργάνου
v. - σκεπάζω με καλάμια

idioms:

• reed organ    (μουσ.) αρμόνιο

Italiano (Italian)
canna, zampogna, di canna

idioms:

• broken reed    persona infida
• reed organ    armonium

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cana (f), junco (m)
v. - cobrir com cana ou junco

idioms:

• broken reed    pessoa não confiável
• reed organ    harmônio (mus.)

Русский (Russian)
тростник, мундштук, тростниковый, соломенный, язычковый муз. инструмент

idioms:

• broken reed    ненадежный человек
• reed organ    язычковый орган

Español (Spanish)
n. - caña, junco, carrizo, lengüeta, caramillo, de caña
v. tr. - techar con cañas, pasar (hilos) por el peine

idioms:

• reed organ    armonio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vasstrå, (musik) rörblad
v. - pipa gällt

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
芦苇, 茅草, 芦杆, 干芦苇

idioms:

• reed organ    簧风琴

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 蘆葦, 茅草, 蘆桿, 幹蘆葦

idioms:

• reed organ    簧風琴

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 갈대, 갈대숲, 갈대 피리

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - アシ, ふきわら, リード, リード楽器類, リード楽器部, 葦

idioms:

• reed organ    リードオルガン

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قصبه, قصب, شي اضعف من ان يعتمد عليه (فعل) يضع القصب على السطح, يسطح بالقصب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קנה-סוף, אגמון, לשונית, מסרק (באריגה), כלי-נשיפה בעל לשונית, אבוב‬

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