reed

1. (countable)Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.

   Schilf, Ried, Rohr

   тростни́кtrostník, камы́шkamýš

   очере́тočerét, трости́наtrostýna, коми́шkomýš

2. (countable)The hollow stem of these plants.

   Schilfrohr

   тростни́кtrostník

3. (countable)Part of an aerophone musical instrument, comprising a thin piece of wood or metal, which vibrates to produce sound when air passes through it.

   Rohrblatt, Blatt, Blättchen

   язычо́кjazyčók

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

4. (countable)A comb-like part of a beater for beating the weft when weaving.

   Coordinate term: sley

5. (countable, historical)A piece of whalebone or similar for stiffening the skirt or waist of a woman's dress.

6. (uncountable)Reeding.

7. (countable, uncountable)A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.

8. (countable, uncountable)Straw prepared for thatching a roof.

9. (Scotland, UK, dialectal)The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet.

10. (countable, obsolete, poetic, uncountable)A missile weapon.

11. (archaic, countable, uncountable)A measuring rod.

12. A measuring rod.

    (archaic, countable, uncountable)A Babylonian unit of measure the length of a reed, equal to half a nindan, or six cubits.

1. Most bassoonists make their own reeds.

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2. I need to buy a couple of clarinet reeds.

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3. One of the reeds of my harmonica has gone flat.

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4. A swan is gliding toward the reeds.

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5. The centipede maneuvered through the tall reeds.

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