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multireed

multireed adjective: of or relating to more than one reed, as in a musical instrument.

Adjective

multireed (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to more than one reed, as in a musical instrument.
    • Dorge's New Jungle Orchestra proved a delightful surprise for many at the '87 Chicago Jazz Fest; this weekend, he appears with two charter members of that troupe--his wife Irene Becker on keyboards and multireed man Morten Carlsen--as well as frequent sideman Chicagoan Hamid Drake on drums.1988 November 18, Neil Tesser, “Pierre Dorge Quartet”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2020

Origin of multireed

From multi- + reed.

Questions about multireed

What does multireed mean?
Multireed means of or relating to more than one reed, as in a musical instrument.
What part of speech is multireed?
Multireed is an adjective.

Words near multireed in the dictionary

  1. multireads
  2. multireceiver
  3. multireceptive
  4. multireceptor
  5. multirecipient
  6. multireed
  7. multireedist
  8. multireedists
  9. multireel
  10. multireference
  11. multireferential

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