WordNet
vibrating reed
n. a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it; "the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece" [syn: reed]
Usage examples of "vibrating reed".
The heart of the system is another polished box that contains a vibrating reed, electromagnetically driven, thrumming along at 30 cycles per second, generating the clock pulses that keep all the other machines turning over at the right pace.
I emptied myself of all thought and became a vibrating reed played upon by the willful wind.