reeded

1. 1
   adjective

   Having a row of small ridges and grooves, like the edge of a coin.

   A quarter has a reeded edge, but a penny is smooth.

   We picked a lamp with a reeded glass shade.

   Similarribbed, grooved, milled, fluted

   Oppositesmooth, plain

2. 2
   adjective

   Covered with reeds, the tall grass that grows near water.

   Ducks hid along the reeded edge of the pond.

   We paddled our canoe past a small reeded island.

   Similarreedy

3. 3
   adjective

   Used for a wind instrument that makes its sound with a reed.

   The clarinet is a reeded instrument.

   Our school band has more reeded instruments than brass ones.

4. 4
   verb

   Past tense and past participle of reed. Use it for the past, or after has, have or had.

   The workers reeded the cottage roof before winter.

   These coins were reeded at the mint before they went to the banks.

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