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flute

noun

1 flute

A high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown.

synonym: transverse flute.

Roget 417: musical instruments; band; string-band, brass-band; orchestra; orchestrina.    [Stringed instruments], monochord, polychord; harp, lyre, lute, archlute; mandola, ... show more

Dutch: dwarsfluit, fluit
Polish: fletnia, flet

2 flute

A tall narrow wineglass.

synonyms: champagne flute, flute glass.

Dutch: fluit

3 flute

A groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column).

synonym: fluting.

verb

1 flute

Form flutes in.

Roget 258: fold, double, plicate, plait, crease, wrinkle, crinkle, crankle, curl, cockle up, cocker, rimple, rumple, flute, ... show more

Roget 259: furrow etc. n.; flute, plow; incise, engrave, etch, bite in.   


Moby thesaurus: English horn, Pandean pipe, aulos, bagpipe, bark, basset horn, basset oboe, bassoon, bawl, bellow, bezel, blare, blat, blow, blow a horn, blubber, bombard, boom, bray, breathe ... show more.

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