reed

Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.countable

The hollow stem of these plants.countable

Part of an aerophone musical instrument, comprising a thin piece of wood or metal, which vibrates to produce sound when air passes through it.countable

Short for reed instrument.abbreviationalt-ofcountable

A comb-like part of a beater for beating the weft when weaving.countable

• Coordinate term: sley

A piece of whalebone or similar for stiffening the skirt or waist of a woman's dress.countablehistorical

Reeding.uncountable

A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.countableuncountable

Straw prepared for thatching a roof.countableuncountable

A missile weapon.countableobsoletepoetic

To thatch.transitive

To mill or mint with reeding.

simple past and past participle of reeform-ofparticiplepast

The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet.ScotlandUKdialectal