GIANT REED

Meaning of GIANT REED in English

Function: noun

Date: 1851

: a tall perennial grass ( Arundo donax ) native to Mediterranean regions that has woody stems used especially in making baskets, shelters, and reeds for woodwind instruments

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GIANT REED — noun Date: 1851 a tall perennial grass ( Arundo donax ) native to Mediterranean regions that has woody stems used …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GIANT REED — noun 1. : a tall European grass ( Arundo donax ) with woody stems used in making organ reeds 2. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GIANT REED — a tall grass, Arundo donax, of southern Europe, having woody stems and a spirelike flower cluster often 2 ft. (60 …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GIANT REED — Date: 1851 : a tall perennial grass ( Arundo donax ) native to Mediterranean regions that has woody stems used …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GIANT REED — [giant reed] n (1851): a tall European grass (Arundo donax) with woody stems used esp. in making organ reeds, baskets, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GIANT REED — (Arundo donax), tall perennial grass of the family Poaceae, native to Europe and introduced into southeastern North America as an …
Britannica English vocabulary
GIANT REED — арундо тростниковый (Arundo donax)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
GIANT REED — арундо тростниковый ( Arundo donax )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
REED — I In botany, any of several species of large aquatic Phragmites (family Poaceae, or Gramineae). The common, or water, reed …
Английский словарь Британика
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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
GIANT — I. ˈjīənt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English geaunt, giaunt, from Middle French geant, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin gagant-, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GIANT — (a.) Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son.
Английский словарь Webster
GIANT — ( a. ) Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son.
Webster's Revised Unabridged 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
GIANT — — giantlike , adj. /juy"euhnt/ , n. 1. (in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc. …
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
REED — adj red. 2. reed ·noun an arrow, as made of a reed. 3. reed ·noun straw prepared for thatching a …
Webster English vocab
GIANT — noun a man of extraordinari bulk and stature. 2. giant ·noun any animal, plant, or thing, of extraordinary size or …
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
GIANT — [gi.ant] n [ME giaunt, fr. OF geant, fr. L gigant-, gigas, fr. Gk] (14c) 1: a legendary humanlike being of …
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
GIANT — in folklore, huge mythical being, usually humanlike in form. The term derives (through Latin) from the Giants (Gigantes) of Greek …
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
GIANT — giant BrE AmE ˈdʒa ɪ ‿ənt ▷ giant|s, \~'s s ▶ ˌ Giant's ˈ Causeway BrE AmE ▶ ˈ giant …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GIANT — / ˈdʒaɪənt; NAmE / noun , adjective ■ noun 1. (in stories) a very large strong person who is often …
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
GIANT — I. gi ‧ ant 1 W3 /ˈdʒaɪənt/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] extremely big, and much bigger than other …
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
GIANT — n. & adj. --n. 1 an imaginary or mythical being of human form but superhuman size. 2 (in Greek mythology) …
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
GIANT — n. & adj. n. 1 an imaginary or mythical being of human form but superhuman size. 2 (in Greek mythology) …
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
GIANT — n. & adj. --n. 1. an imaginary or mythical being of human form but superhuman size. 2 (in Greek mythology) …
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
GIANT — ( giants) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Something that is described …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GIANT — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Something that is described as …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
REED — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN bed ▪ The reed beds cost £5 million to develop and cover 12 acres …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GIANT — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES giant killer giant panda make great/major/giant etc strides ▪ The government has made great …
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
GIANT — [noun] [C] - an imaginary creature, appearing esp. in children's stories, like a man but extremely tall and powerful and …
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
GIANT — n. giant panda giant sequoia giant order giant star giant silkworm moth
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
GIANT — n. Function: noun something of monstrous size, appearance, or power FF1C; a giant of a tractor FF1E; Synonyms: behemoth, leviathan, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
GIANT — I. noun something of monstrous size, appearance, or power a giant of a tractor Synonyms: behemoth, leviathan, mammoth, monster, whale …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
GIANT
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
GIANT — See ↑ BIG 2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a giant
Longman Activator English vocab
GIANT — n. 25B6; noun the forest giant had died : COLOSSUS, man mountain, behemoth, Brobdingnagian, mammoth, monster; informal jumbo. See list. …
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
GIANT — n. 1 superhuman, titan, colossus, Goliath; giantess, Amazon, ogre; behemoth, monster, leviathan, mammoth Blocking the road in front of Jack …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
GIANT — [Folklore] The giants in mythology are primordial creatures of enormous size, the personifications of the forces of nature. They usually …
Encyclopedia Mythica 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
GIANT — 1. сущ. 1) великан, гигант; титан 2) тех. гидромонитор 2. прил. гигантский, огромный, громадный Syn : large великан, гигант исполин, …
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
GIANT — giant.ogg 1. ʹdʒaıənt n 1. 1> великан, гигант 2> исполин, титан mental giant - гигант мысли giant of the faith …
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
GIANT — гидромонитор - hydraulic giant
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
GIANT — гидромонитор - hydraulic giant
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 …
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