Word: reed
Category: reed
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Related words: reed
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Synonyms: reed
eyeglass
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spanish
Translations:
junco, caña
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german
Translations:
schilf, ried, schilfrohr
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french
Translations:
jonc, roseau, anche, canne
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italian
Translations:
canna, giunco
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portuguese
Translations:
cana, abarbatar, lingueta
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dutch
Translations:
riet
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russian
Translations:
стрела, язычок, изречение, свирель, поговорка, камыш, клевер, тростник
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norwegian
Translations:
siv
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swedish
Translations:
vass
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finnish
Translations:
kaislat, ruokolehtisoitin, ruo'ot, ruoko
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danish
Translations:
rør
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czech
Translations:
jazýček, třtina, rákosí, rákos
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polish
Translations:
stroik, trzcina, płocha, szuwar, trzcinka, piszczałka
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hungarian
Translations:
nádnyelv, nádas, nádsíp, nád
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turkish
Translations:
saz, kiliz, kamış
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greek
Translations:
καλάμι
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ukrainian
Translations:
подвоєння, повторення, повторювання
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bulgarian
Translations:
тръстика
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estonian
Translations:
roog
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croatian
Translations:
pisak, trska, svirala, cijev, slama, šaš
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icelandic
Translations:
sef
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latin
Translations:
canna
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lithuanian
Translations:
nendrė
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latvian
Translations:
meldri, niedre
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romanian
Translations:
trestie
The meaning and "use of": reed
noun
- a tall, slender-leaved plant of the grass family that grows in water or on marshy ground. - Aquatic plants come in many forms, from relatively simple multi-cellular algae to reeds and water lilies.
- a piece of thin cane or metal, sometimes doubled, that vibrates in a current of air to produce the sound of various musical instruments, as in the mouthpiece of a clarinet or oboe, at the base of some organ pipes, and as part of a set in the accordion and harmonica. - She had just attached the reed to the mouth piece when she realized, ‘Oh my gosh!’
- an electrical contact used in a magnetically operated switch or relay. - By bouncing, the reed breaks an electrical circuit.
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