REED
Scrabble letter values: R1E1E1D2 = 5
Definition
- noun tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
- noun United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917. — synonyms: John_Reed
- noun United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902). — synonyms: Walter_Reed
- noun a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it. — synonyms: vibrating_reed
- noun a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed. — synonyms: beating-reed_instrument, reed_instrument
Examples
- “founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919”
- “is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920)”
- “the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece”