flute
a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
an organ stop with wide flue pipes, having a flutelike tone.
Architecture, Furniture. a channel, groove, or furrow, as on the shaft of a column.
any groove or furrow, as in a ruffle of cloth or on a piecrust.
one of the helical grooves of a twist drill.
a slender, footed wineglass of the 17th century, having a tall, conical bowl.
a similar stemmed glass, used especially for champagne.
to produce flutelike sounds.
to play on a flute.
(of a metal strip or sheet) to kink or break in bending.
to utter in flutelike tones.
to form longitudinal flutes or furrows in: to flute a piecrust.
Origin of flute
1Other words from flute
- flutelike, adjective
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How to use flute in a sentence
But the occasion is even more special when you can cheers with some funky flutes.
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Carrie Bradshaw in Your Life | Allison McNearney | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe room exploded with a cacophony of applause and clinking Champagne flutes.
Upon arrival, Maasai in traditional dress offer flutes of sparkling wine.
The long, pale Cuban bread loaves are called flautas or flutes and it should be held like one.
The crammed upper deck cheered the reader and some lifted Champagne flutes.
Harmonic Flutes, of double length open pipes, are now utilized by almost all organ builders.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerThe flues are subdivided into Diapasons, Flutes, and Strings, and we now proceed to consider each of these groups separately.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerThe pillar had twenty flutes, with a capital of half a diameter, supporting the entablature.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordPronomus was the first who devised flutes fitted for every sort of mode, and played melodies different in mode on the same flute.'
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music | David Binning MonroThe horses are splendid animals; with dilated nostrils, and necks proudly arched, they seem to prance to the music of the flutes.
Greek Sculpture | Estelle M. Hurll
British Dictionary definitions for flute
/ (fluːt) /
a wind instrument consisting of an open cylindrical tube of wood or metal having holes in the side stopped either by the fingers or by pads controlled by keys. The breath is directed across a mouth hole cut in the side, causing the air in the tube to vibrate. Range: about three octaves upwards from middle C
any pipe blown directly on the principle of a flue pipe, either by means of a mouth hole or through a fipple
architect a rounded shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column, pilaster, etc
a groove or furrow in cloth, etc
a tall narrow wineglass
anything shaped like a flute
to produce or utter (sounds) in the manner or tone of a flute
(tr) to make grooves or furrows in
Origin of flute
1Derived forms of flute
- flutelike, adjective
- fluty, adjective
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for flute
A high-pitched woodwind, held horizontally by the player and played by blowing across a hole.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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