flute (n.)

  1. 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

    [ Syn: transverse flute ]

  2. a tall narrow wineglass

    [ Syn: flute glass , champagne flute ]

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

    [ Syn: fluting ]

    flute (v.)

  1. form flutes in

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