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double reed

adj, noun — 3 senses

double-reed

adjalso spelled double-reed
1

Having a double reed.

double reed

noun
1

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A pair of reeds, in any of several wind instruments, that are joined together and vibrate together.

2

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Broadly An instrument using a double reed.

  • To me, the bassoon is the greatest of the double reeds.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for double-reed and double reed.