Engelsk navneord: reed |
1. | reed (om plante) tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | graminaceous plant, gramineous plant |
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| Mere specifikke termer | Arundo conspicua, Arundo donax, carrizo, Chionochloa conspicua, common reed, ditch reed, giant reed, Phragmites communis, toetoe, toitoi |
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2. | Reed (om person) United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920) |
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | John Reed |
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| Eksempler på forekomster af mindre specifikke termer | commie, communist, journalist |
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3. | Reed (om person) United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902) |
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | Walter Reed |
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| Eksempler på forekomster af mindre specifikke termer | operating surgeon, sawbones, surgeon |
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4. | reed (om genstand) a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it |
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| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece.
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | vibrating reed |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | vibrator |
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| Mere specifikke termer | double reed |
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5. | reed (om genstand) a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed |
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | beating-reed instrument, reed instrument |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | wood, woodwind, woodwind instrument |
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| Mere specifikke termer | double reed, double-reed instrument, free-reed, single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind |
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