free reed
free reed noun: a reed in a musical wind instrument whose edges do not overlap the edges of the opening over which it is fixed and that is used typically in the accordion, harmonium, concertina.
_Binci_Reeds_(2008-10-14_11.48.16_by_Paul_Johnson).jpg){kind=link}
Noun
free reed (plural free reeds)
- A reed in a musical wind instrument whose edges do not overlap the edges of the opening over which it is fixed and that is used typically in the accordion, harmonium, concertina.
- The appearance of a sheng in Paris at the end of the eighteenth century inspired the development of free reed instruments in Western Europe, including the harmonica, accordion, and symphonium (see next page).2015, J. Kenneth Moore, Jayson Kerr Dobney, E Bradley Strachen-Scherer, Musical Instruments: Highlights of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 120
- Antonyms:
- double reed
Antonyms of free reed
Forms of free reed
| plural | free reeds |
|---|
Questions about free reed
- What does free reed mean?
- Free reed means a reed in a musical wind instrument whose edges do not overlap the edges of the opening over which it is fixed and that is used typically in the accordion, harmonium, concertina.
- What part of speech is free reed?
- Free reed is a noun.
- What is the plural of free reed?
- The plural of free reed is free reeds.
Words near free reed in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: free reed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “free reed.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/free_reed. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.