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Flute

Flute Meaning & Definition
Flute Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Flute?

[n] 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
[n] a groove or furrow in cloth etc especially the shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column
[n] a tall narrow wineglass
[v] form flutes in

Synonyms | Synonyms for Flute: champagne flute | flute glass | fluting | transverse flute

Related Terms | Find terms related to Flute: aulos | bagpipe | bark | basset horn | basset oboe | bassoon | bawl | bellow | bezel | blare | blat | blow | blow a horn | blubber | bombard | boom | bray | breathe | bugle | buzz | cackle | canal | canalize | carillon | carve | chamfer | channel | chant | chase | chink | chirp | chisel | clarinet | clarion | contrabassoon | contrafagotto | coo | corrugate | corrugation | crack | cranny | crease | crimp | crisp | cromorne | crow | cut | dado | dike | ditch | dog-ear | doodle | double | double bassoon | double over | double reed | double-tongue | drawl | enfold | English horn | engrave | engraving | exclaim | fife | fipple flute | flageolet | flounce | fluting | fold | fold over | frill | furrow | gash | gasp | gather | goffer | gouge | groove | growl | grunt | gully | hautboy | heckelphone | hiss | hornpipe | incise | incision | infold | interfold | keen | lap over | licorice stick | lilt | lip | microgroove | mumble | murmur | musette | mutter | oaten reed | oboe | oboe da caccia | ocarina | Pandean pipe | panpipe | pant | penny-whistle | piccolo | pipe | plait | plat | pleat | plicate | plow | ply | pommer | quill | rabbet | recorder | reed | reed instrument | rifle | rifling | roar | ruck | ruff | ruffle | rumble | rut | sax | saxophone | score | scratch | scream | screech | shawm | shriek | sibilate | sigh | sing | single reed | single-reed instrument | slit | snap | snarl | snort | sob | sonorophone | sound | squall | squawk | squeal | streak | stria | striate | striation | sulcation | sulcus | sweet potato | syrinx | tabor pipe | tenoroon | thunder | tin-whistle | tongue | toot | tootle | trench | triple-tongue | trough | trumpet | tuck | turn over | twang | tweedle | twill | wail | warble | well-worn groove | whine | whisper | whistle | wind | wind the horn | woods | woodwind | woodwind choir | woodwind instrument | wrinkle | yap | yawp | yell | yelp

See Also | channel | crimp | fife | groove | nose flute | piccolo | pinch | wineglass | wood | woodwind | woodwind instrument

Flute In Webster's Dictionary

\Flute\, n. [OE. floute, floite, fr. OF. fla["u]te, flahute, flahuste, F. fl?te; cf. LL. flauta, D. fluit. See {Flute}, v. i.] 1. A musical wind instrument, consisting of a hollow cylinder or pipe, with holes along its length, stopped by the fingers or by keys which are opened by the fingers. The modern flute is closed at the upper end, and blown with the mouth at a lateral hole. The breathing flute's soft notes are heard around. --Pope. 2. (Arch.) A channel of curved section; -- usually applied to one of a vertical series of such channels used to decorate columns and pilasters in classical architecture. See Illust. under {Base}, n. 3. A similar channel or groove made in wood or other material, esp. in plaited cloth, as in a lady's ruffle. 4. A long French breakfast roll. --Simonds. 5. A stop in an organ, having a flutelike sound. {Flute bit}, a boring tool for piercing ebony, rosewood, and other hard woods. {Flute pipe}, an organ pipe having a sharp lip or wind-cutter which imparts vibrations to the column of air in the pipe. --Knight.
\Flute\ (fl[=u]t), n. [Cf. F. fl[^u]te a transport, D. fluit.] A kind of flyboat; a storeship. {Armed en fl[^u]te}(Nav.), partially armed.
\Flute\, v. i. [OE. flouten, floiten, OF. fla["u]ter, fle["u]ter, flouster, F. fl[^u]ter, cf. D. fluiten; ascribed to an assumed LL. flautare, flatuare, fr. L. flatus a blowing, fr. flare to blow. Cf. {Flout}, {Flageolet}, {Flatulent}.] To play on, or as on, a flute; to make a flutelike sound.
\Flute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fluted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fluting}.] 1. To play, whistle, or sing with a clear, soft note, like that of a flute. Knaves are men, That lute and flute fantastic tenderness. --Tennyson. The redwing flutes his o-ka-lee. --Emerson. 2. To form flutes or channels in, as in a column, a ruffle, etc.

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