Dictionary Check: reed

"reed" is a valid word!

Scrabble 5 points
Words with Friends 5 points

Definition

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United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920)

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tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites

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United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)

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a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it

Example: "the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece"
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a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed

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