From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Plants, Musicreedreed /riːd/ noun1HBP[countable, uncountable] a type of tall plant like grass that grows in wet places
Reeds grew in clumps all along the river bank.2APM[countable] a thin piece of wood that is attached to a musicalinstrument such as an oboe or clarinet, and that produces a sound when you blow over itExamples from the Corpusreed• Reeds grew all along the river bank.• On the thirdcircuit, I found it, lyingdead in a reedbed.• A formerpool had silted up and was turning into a miniaturereedmarsh.• The little island seemed to float before her in the purply twilight, partly masked by a stand of reeds and cattails.• When Coltrane breathed into his instrument his entire life seemed to pass through the reed and mouthpiece into the resoundingmetal.• About ten members toured the reed bed scheme at Billingham and later had discussions about local environmentalimprovementprogrammes.• Other plants sown with the reedsabsorb heavy metals and harmful bacteria.• This reed bed is still maintained by working parties of the Sussex Ornithological Society.OriginreedOld Englishhreod
