Meaning of Reed | Babel Free

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1. A surname from Old English, a spelling variant of Reid.
2. Any of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
   countable
3. The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet.
   Scotland, UK, dialectal
4. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
5. The hollow stem of these plants.
   countable
6. A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3636).
7. Part of an aerophone musical instrument, comprising a thin piece of wood or metal, which vibrates to produce sound when air passes through it.
   countable
8. A number of places in the United States.
9. A town in Desha County, Arkansas.
10. Short for reed instrument.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable
11. An unincorporated community in Henderson County, Kentucky.
12. A comb-like part of a beater for beating the weft when weaving.
    countable
13. A township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
14. A piece of whalebone or similar for stiffening the skirt or waist of a woman's dress.
    countable, historical
15. An unincorporated community in Freeman, Crawford County, Wisconsin.
16. Reeding.
    uncountable
17. A tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.
    countable, uncountable
18. Straw prepared for thatching a roof.
    countable, uncountable
19. A missile weapon.
    countable, obsolete, poetic, uncountable
20. A measuring rod.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
21. A Babylonian unit of measure the length of a reed, equal to half a nindan, or six cubits.
    archaic, countable, uncountable

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