reed stop

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [reed stop]
- /rid stɒp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [reed stop]
- /rid stɒp/

Definitions of reed stop words

noun reed stop a set of reed pipes in a pipe organ. 1
noun reed stop an organ stop controlling a rank of reed pipes 0
noun reed stop a set of reed pipes (in an organ) operated by one knob 0
noun reed stop the knob 0

See all 4 definitions of reed stop

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Origin of reed stop

First appearance:

before 1720

One of the 49% newest English words

First recorded in 1720-30

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Reed stop

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Reed stop

reed stop popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 52% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

reed stop usage trend in Literature

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