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Definition of 'Flute'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) flute
a wind instrument with a high range, 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.

2.  flute
one of a series of long, usu. rounded grooves, as on the shaft of a column.

3.  flute
any groove or furrow, as in a ruffle of cloth or on a piecrust.

4.  flute
a stemmed glass with a tall, slender bowl, used esp. for champagne.

5. (v.i.) flute
to produce flutelike sounds.

6.  flute
to play on a flute.

7. (v.t.) flute
to utter in flutelike tones.

8.  flute
to form flutes or furrows in.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME floute < MF flaüte, flahute, fleüte < OPr < VL *flabeolum. See flageolet)

Definition of 'Flute'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) flute, transverse 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

2. (noun) flute, flute glass, champagne flute
a tall narrow wineglass

3. (verb) flute, fluting
a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)

4. (verb) flute
form flutes in

Definition of 'Flute'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) flute
a wind instrument that you hold sideways to play
to play the flute

Definition of 'Flute'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Flute
a similar channel or groove made in wood or other material, esp. in plaited cloth, as in a lady's ruffle

2. (noun) Flute
a long French breakfast roll

3. (noun) Flute
a stop in an organ, having a flutelike sound

4. (noun) Flute
a kind of flyboat; a storeship

5. (verb) Flute
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

6. (verb) Flute
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

7. (verb) Flute
to play on, or as on, a flute; to make a flutelike sound

8. (verb) Flute
to play, whistle, or sing with a clear, soft note, like that of a flute

9. (verb) Flute
to form flutes or channels in, as in a column, a ruffle, etc

Translation of 'Flute'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a type of high-pitched woodwind musical instrument.
Afrikaans: fluit	Arabic: مِزْمار ، ناي	Bulgarian: флейта
Brazilian: flauta	Czech: flétna	German: die Flöte
Danish: fløjte	Greek: φλάουτο	Spanish: flauta
Estonian: flööt	Farsi: فلوت	Finnish: huilu
French: flûte	Hebrew: חָלִיל	Hindi: बांसुरी
Croatian: flauta	Hungarian: fuvola	Indonesian: suling
Icelandic: flauta	Italian: flauto	Japanese: フルート
Korean: 플루트	Lithuanian: fleita	Latvian: flauta
Malay: seruling	Dutch: fluit	Norwegian: fløyte
Polish: flet	Persian: فلوت	Pashto: توله
Portuguese: flauta	Romanian: flaut	Russian: флейта
Slovak: flauta	Slovenian: flavta	Serbian: flauta
Swedish: flöjt	Thai: ขลุ่ย	Turkish: flüt
Taiwanese: 長笛	Ukrainian: флейта	Urdu: بانسری
Vietnamese: ống sáo	Chinese: 长笛
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