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flute::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | transverse flute |
| Type of | woodwind instrument, wood, woodwind |
| Has types | fife, nose flute, piccolo |
| Derivation | flautist, flutist |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | champagne flute, flute glass |
| Type of | wineglass |
Examples of flute
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Krejci performed expressively and gave the flute an almost electric personality.
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Nature wakes from growling trombone glissandos, and a flute sings a bird's song.
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First, it's just clattering and whining, then the piercing sound of a toy flute.
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The class will demonstrate how flute playing can be a soothing, meditative tool.
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Batson was eliminated before she could play her flute in the talent competition.
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There also will be a jazz flute class, technique classes and free flute repairs.
From the fresnobee.com
Yet she kept at it, and even picked up the flute, though she later gave that up.
From the ocregister.com
The instrument is about half the size of a flute and can sound an octave higher.
From the newsobserver.com
Zach Warren practices the flute with his instructor Jennifer Dior Thursday, Oct.
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- 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
- Form flutes in
- A tall narrow wineglass
- A groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)
- (flutist) someone who plays the 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. ...
- In the context of machining, a cutting tool (or cutter) is any tool that is used to remove material from the workpiece by means of shear deformation. Cutting may be accomplished by single-point or multipoint tools. ...
- A glacial flute is a landform created by the movement of a glacier around a boulder. They are long ridges on the ground parallel to the movement. Examples can be found in many places including Iceland, Alaska and Canada.
- (Fluting (architecture)) Fluting in architecture refers to the shallow grooves running vertically along a surface.
