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    DOUBLE REED

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A pair of joined reeds that vibrate together to produce the sound in some woodwindsplay

    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 togetherplay

    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)

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