DOUBLE REED

Meaning of DOUBLE REED in English

noun

: two cane reeds bound together to form an air passage so that one can vibrate against the other and used as the mouthpiece of musical instruments of the oboe family

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

DOUBLE REED — noun Date: circa 1876 two reeds bound together with a slight separation between them so that air passing through them …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DOUBLE-REED — /dub"euhl reed"/ , adj. Music. of or pertaining to wind instruments producing sounds through two reeds fastened and beating together, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOUBLE REED — Date: circa 1876 : two reeds bound together with a slight separation between them so that air passing through them …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOUBLE REED — Function: noun Date: circa 1876 : two reeds bound together with a slight separation between them so that air passing …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DOUBLE REED — ■ noun Music a reed with two slightly separated blades, used for playing a wind instrument such as an oboe …
Concise Oxford English vocab
DOUBLE REED — [double reed] n (ca. 1876): two reeds bound together with a slight separation between them so that air passing through …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
REED — I In botany, any of several species of large aquatic Phragmites (family Poaceae, or Gramineae). The common, or water, reed …
Английский словарь Британика
REED — I. ˈrēd noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English rede, reod, from Old English hrēod; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
REED — — reedlike , adj. /reed/ , n. 1. the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, esp. of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOUBLE — — doubleness , n. — doubler , n. /dub"euhl/ , adj., n., v., doubled, doubling , adv. adj. 1. twice …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
REED — I. ˈrēd noun Etymology: Middle English rede, from Old English hrēod; akin to Old High German hriot reed Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOUBLE — I. ˈdə-bəl adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French duble, double, from Latin duplus (akin to Greek diploos ), from duo …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
REED — adj red. 2. reed ·noun an arrow, as made of a reed. 3. reed ·noun straw prepared for thatching a …
Webster English vocab
DOUBLE — adv twice; doubly. 2. double ·noun double beer; strong beer. 3. double ·noun an old term for a variation, as …
Webster English vocab
REED — [reed] n [ME rede, fr. OE hreod; akin to OHG hriot reed] (bef. 12c) 1 a: any of various tall …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DOUBLE — [dou.ble] adj [ME, fr. OF, fr. L duplus (akin to Gk diploos), fr. duo two + -plus multiplied by; akin …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
REED — Common reed (Phragmites australis) in botany, any of several species of large aquatic grasses, especially the four species constituting the …
Britannica English vocabulary
REED — reed, Reed BrE AmE riːd ▷ reeded ˈriːd ɪd -əd ▷ reeding/s ˈriːd ɪŋ/z ▷ reeds riːdz ▶ ˈ reed …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DOUBLE — doubl|e BrE AmE ˈdʌb ə l ▷ doubl|ed d ▷ doubl|es z ▷ doubl|ing ‿ɪŋ ▷ doubl|y ‿i ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DOUBLE — / ˈdʌbl; NAmE / adjective , determiner , adverb , noun , verb ■ adjective [ usually before noun ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
REED — I. Reed, Oliver BrE AmE (1938–99) a British actor known especially for drinking alcohol and for his wild uncontrolled behaviour. …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOUBLE — I. doub ‧ le 1 S1 W2 /ˈdʌb ə l/ BrE AmE adjective [usually before noun] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
REED — n. & v. --n. 1 a any of various water or marsh plants with a firm stem, esp. of the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOUBLE — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1 a consisting of two usu. equal parts or things; twofold. b consisting of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
REED — n. & v. n. 1 a any of various water or marsh plants with a firm stem, esp. of the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOUBLE — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 a consisting of two usu. equal parts or things; twofold. b consisting of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
REED — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a any of various water or marsh plants with a firm stem, esp. of …
Oxford English vocab
DOUBLE — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1. a consisting of two usu. equal parts or things; twofold. b consisting of …
Oxford English vocab
REED — ( reeds) 1. Reeds are tall plants that grow in large groups in shallow water or on ground that is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOUBLE — ( doubles, doubling, doubled) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
REED — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN bed ▪ The reed beds cost £5 million to develop and cover 12 acres …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOUBLE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a double bed (= a bed for two people ) ▪ Would you like …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
REED — [noun] [C] - (the hollow stem of) any of various types of tall stiff grass-like plants growing together in groups …
Cambridge English vocab
DOUBLE — [verb]The government aims to double the number of students in higher education within 25 years. [T]Company profits have doubled since …
Cambridge English vocab
REED — n. reed organ reed instrument Reed John Reed Sir Carol Reed Thomas Brackett Reed Walter Reed Willis Reeds Plain of
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
REED — n. In botany, any of several species of large aquatic grasses , especially the four species in the genus Phragmites …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
REED — Synonyms and related words : English horn, Pandean pipe, adjutage, aerophone, aftergrass, anthrophore, arrow, arrowhead, aulos, axis, bamboo, barb, basset …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOUBLE — Synonyms and related words : Doppelganger, Janus-like, Machiavellian, Photostat, Xerox, aberrancy, aberration, accelerate, act for, actual thing, agent, aggravate, alternate, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOUBLE — n. double barreled double cross double dealer double dealing double distilled double dog dare double dome double dyed double edged …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DOUBLE — n. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: TWOFOLD 1, bifold, binary, double-barreled, dual, dualistic, duple, duplex 2 Synonyms: TWIN , dual, paired …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
REED — I . Carol Reed (1906–76) an English film director best remembered for his film of the Graham Greene novel The …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
DOUBLE — adj. 1 twofold, paired, coupled, duplicate(d), doubled The forms banned and banning are spelt with a double n 2 folded …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
REED — Under this name may be noticed the following Hebrew words: â Agmon occurs in (Job 40:12,16; Isaiah 9:14) (Authorized Version …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
REED — 1. сущ. 1) тростник, камыш, растение болот 2) стволы тростника (используемые, например, для крыш) 3) перен. слабый человек (гибкий как …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOUBLE — 1. сущ. 1) двойное количество 12 is the double of 6. ≈ 12 в два раза больше 6. 2) комната, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
REED — reed.ogg 1. rıd n 1. 1> бот. тростник, камыш ( Phragmites ) 2> тростинка, камышинка 3> собир. тростниковые заросли 4> …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DOUBLE — 1. ʹdʌbl n 1. двойное количество to take the double of what is due - взять вдвое больше, чем положено …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
REED — 1) архит. валик 2) газовая раковина, пора ( дефект стальною листа ) 3) текст. бердо 4) язычок (реле) • - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
REED — 1) архит. валик 2) газовая раковина, пора (дефект стальною листа) 3) текст. бердо 4) язычок (реле) • - dropreed - fast reed - fly reed - lease reed - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
REED — 1) арундо 2) бердо 3) бердовый 4) тростинка 5) тростник 6) якорь реле • groove of lay for reed — выемка для берда loose reed mechanism — механизм …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
REED — тростник, камыш; тростниковые заросли тростник или солома для крыш poet. стрела свирель; буколическая поэзия mus. язычок; (pl.) язычковые музыкальные инструменты …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
REED — 1. rıd n 1. 1> бот. тростник, камыш ( Phragmites ) 2> тростинка, камышинка 3> собир. тростниковые заросли 4> собир. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DOUBLE — 1. ʹdʌbl n 1. двойное количество to take the double of what is due - взять вдвое больше, чем положено …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
REED — 1. сущ. 1) тростник, камыш, растение болот 2) стволы тростника ( используемые, например, для крыш ) 3) перен. слабый человек …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DOUBLE — 1. сущ. 1) двойное количество 12 is the double of 6. — 12 в два раза больше 6. 2) комната, …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DOUBLE — 1. сущ. 1) двойное количество 12 is the double of 6. — 12 в два раза больше 6. 2) комната, номер на двоих …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
REED — тростник (Phragmites) - bur reed - giant reed - glyceria reed - Indian reed - mace reed - sea reed - sea sand reed - small reed - wood …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
REED — тростник ( Phragmites ) - bur reed - giant reed - glyceria reed - Indian reed - mace reed - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
DOUBLE — 1. _n. 1> двойник 2> дубликат, дублет 3> прототип 4> _pl. _спорт. парные игры (напр., в теннисе) - mixed doubles …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
DOUBLE — 1. n. 1. двойник 2. дубликат, дублет 3. прототип 4. pl. спорт. парные игры (напр., в теннисе) - mixed doubles …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
DOUBLE — 1. сущ. 1) двойное количество 2) двойная сумма 3) дубликат, копия • double allegiance, double citizenship, double nationality — двойное гражданство double answer — двусмысленный ответ double …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
DOUBLE — 1. _n. 1> двойник 2> дубликат, дублет 3> прототип 4> _pl. _спорт. парные игры (напр., в теннисе); mixed doubles игра …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера

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