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flute

[ floot ]

noun

  1. 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.
  2. an organ stop with wide flue pipes, having a flutelike tone.
  3. Architecture, Furniture. a channel, groove, or furrow, as on the shaft of a column.
  4. any groove or furrow, as in a ruffle of cloth or on a piecrust.
  5. one of the helical grooves of a twist drill.
  6. a slender, footed wineglass of the 17th century, having a tall, conical bowl.
  7. a similar stemmed glass, used especially for champagne.


verb (used without object)

fluted, fluting.
  1. to produce flutelike sounds.
  2. to play on a flute.
  3. (of a metal strip or sheet) to kink or break in bending.

verb (used with object)

fluted, fluting.
  1. to utter in flutelike tones.
  2. to form longitudinal flutes or furrows in:

    to flute a piecrust.

flute

/ ڱː /

noun

  1. 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
  2. any pipe blown directly on the principle of a flue pipe, either by means of a mouth hole or through a fipple
  3. architect a rounded shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column, pilaster, etc
  4. a groove or furrow in cloth, etc
  5. a tall narrow wineglass
  6. anything shaped like a flute
“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

verb

  1. to produce or utter (sounds) in the manner or tone of a flute
  2. tr to make grooves or furrows in
“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

flute

  1. A high-pitched woodwind , held horizontally by the player and played by blowing across a hole.
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڱܳٲ, adjective
  • ˈڱܳٱˌ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of flute1

1350–1400; Middle English floute < Middle French ڱüe, flahute, fleüte < Old Provençal ڱü (perhaps alteration of flaujol, flauja ) < Vulgar Latin *flabeolum. See flageolet, lute 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of flute1

C14: from Old French flahute , via Old Provençal, from Vulgar Latin flabeolum (unattested); perhaps also influenced by Old Provençal laut lute; see flageolet
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Handel delights in the blaring trumpet, the warbling flute, the miracle of harmony, the capacity of music to tame the savage beast and offer revelations of the beyond.

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He relocated to New York City in 1966 after he dropped out of Los Angeles City College and began touring with flute player Herbie Mann.

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But he’s talked about the value of a beginner’s mind in his journey as a flute player, whereas I don’t hear much naivete in your music.

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"I always bring some different elements - improvisation, the piano, the flute, the jazz harmonisation - so that the music is going through another process of creolisation."

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He can sing and play multiple instruments, including the guitar, piano, violin and flute.

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