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DOUBLE REED
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pair of joined reeds that vibrate together to produce the sound in some woodwinds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("double reed" is a kind of...):
reed; vibrating reed (a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it)
Holonyms ("double reed" is a part of...):
double-reed instrument; double reed (a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together
Synonyms:
double-reed instrument; double reed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("double reed" is a kind of...):
beating-reed instrument; reed; reed instrument (a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed)
Meronyms (parts of "double reed"):
double reed (a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together to produce the sound in some woodwinds)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "double reed"):
bassoon (a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family)
cor anglais; English horn (a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch)
cromorne; crumhorn; krummhorn (a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn))
hautbois; hautboy; oboe (a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece)
