FLUTE

Flute

The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening. According to the instrument classification of Hornbostel–Sachs, flutes are categorized as edge-blown aerophones.

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flute

Noun

  1. A woodwind instrument consisting of a metal, wood or bamboo tube with a row of circular holes and played by blowing across a hole in the side of one end or through a narrow channel at one end against a sharp edge, while covering none, some or all of the holes with the fingers to vary the note played.
  2. A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.
  3. a lengthwise groove, such as one of the lengthwise grooves on a , or a groove on a cutting tool (such as a drill bit, , or ), which helps to form both a cutting edge and a channel through which can escape
  4. A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.
  5. A long French bread roll.
  6. An organ stop with a flute-like sound.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A kind of flyboat; a storeship.

Verb

  1. To play on a flute.
  2. To make a flutelike sound.
  3. To utter with a flutelike sound.
  4. To form flutes or channels in (as in a column, a ruffle, etc.); to cut a semicylindrical vertical groove in (as in a pillar, etc.).


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