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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
Any musical wind instrument played by blowing air through a reed, such as the oboe or the clarinet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: beating-reed instrument, reed
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: woodwind, woodwind instrument, wood
Narrower terms: double-reed instrument, double reed, free-reed, single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind
History
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