Synonyms for Reed (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (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)):
John Reed
WordNet sense 2 (United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)):
Walter Reed
WordNet sense 3 (a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it):
vibrating reed
WordNet sense 4 (a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed):
beating-reed instrument, reed instrument
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