Reed Synonyms

rēd
United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. grass
  2. cane
  3. plant
  4. stalk
  5. arrow
  6. dart
  7. walter reed
  8. John Reed
  9. instrument
  10. oboe
  11. papyrus
  12. pipe
  13. sedge
  14. spear
  15. stem
  16. tule
A vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. vibrating reed
A musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. beating-reed instrument
  2. reed-instrument

Words Related to Reed

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. double-reed
  2. weed
  3. moss
  4. birch
  5. allen
  6. carr

Reed Sentence Examples

  • Papyrus was also known to the Assyrians, who called it " the reed of Egypt."

  • Tangs show that the shaft was a reed, sockets show that it was of wood.

  • The rest is open rice-land, alternating with great stretches of grass, reed jungle and bamboo scrub, much of which is under water for quite three months of the year.

  • The catamaran and the reed boat were known to the Peruvians.

  • Fens around lough margins may have common reed or reed canary grass.

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