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single-reed

single-reed is the alternative form of single reed.

Meaning of single reed

Noun

single reed (plural single reeds)

  1. A reed used singly in many wind instruments, which vibrate to produce a sonorous sound.

Forms of single-reed

pluralsingle-reeds

Questions about single-reed

What is single-reed the alternative form of?
Single-reed is the alternative form of single reed.

Words near single-reed in the dictionary

  1. single-ply membrane
  2. single-ply membranes
  3. single-ply roof
  4. single-point urban interchange
  5. single-point urban interchanges
  6. single-reed
  7. single-reeds
  8. single-room occupancies
  9. single-room occupancy
  10. single-serve
  11. single-serving site

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Adapted from Wiktionary: single-reed (page history and authors); single 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.

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