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əlˈrid adjective Music.
of or pertaining to wind instruments producing sounds through two reeds fastened and beating together, as the oboe.
Origin:
1875–80
1875–80
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| double-reed | |
| —adj | |
| relating to or denoting a wind instrument in which the sounds are produced by air passing over two reeds that vibrate against each other | |
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