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1.nounAny of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
2.nounThe hollow stem of these plants.
3.nounPart of the mouthpiece of certain woodwind instruments, comprising a thin piece of wood or metal which shakes very quickly to produce sound when a musician blows over it.
4.nounA musical instrument such as the clarinet or oboe, which produces sound when a musician blows on the reed.
5.nounA comb-like part of a beater for beating the weft when weaving.
6.nounA piece of whalebone or similar for stiffening the skirt or waist of a woman's dress.
7.nounReeding.
8.nounA tube containing the train of powder for igniting the charge in blasting.
9.nounStraw prepared for thatching a roof.
10.nounA missile weapon.
11.nounA measuring rod.