Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

Verb

The word "reed" can be used as noun, proper noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

water

Coordinate Terms

cane

Derived Terms

Blyth's reed warbler Lou Reed Redbridge Reed City Reedie Ulmer's reed snake bluejoint reed grass broken reed bur-reed common reed double reed double-reed free reed giant reed great reed warbler multireed paper reed reed bed reed bunting reed instrument reed instrumentalist reed knife reed mace reed motion reed organ reed pen reed pheasant reed pipe reed plane reed plate reed relay reed stop reed switch reed thrush reed veneer reed warbler reed wren reed-mace reedbird reedbuck reeden reeder reedfish reedgrass reedhaunter reedish reedist reedless reedlike reedling reedmace reedmaker reedmaking reedman reedwork reedy sand reed sea reed single reed single-reed slender reed small reed small-reed star-reed tall reed tropical reed woodreed

Etymologically Related To

ree

Inflected/Variant Forms

ree

Context

architecture dialect mining music scotland uk weaving

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

graminaceous plant gramineous plant vibrator wood woodwind woodwind instrument

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

double reed free reed single reed

Type Of (IsA)

gramineous plant grass family small piece of wood vibrator woodwind

Related Terms

beater blasting charge clarinet clarinet mouthpiece clarinets england flute flute wood grass hertfordshire instruments moses mouthpiece oboe plant plants ponds powder reeding reid roof rushes saxophone saxophone mouthpiece stalk straw tall tall grass thatch thin thin plant train tube village water water plant wind wind instruments wood woodwind

Synonym Network

beating reed instrument john reed walter reed

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.