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n. (artifact) | 1. 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. |
| ~ fife | a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band. |
| ~ nose flute | a flute that is played by blowing through the nostrils (used in some Asian countries). |
| ~ piccolo | a small flute; pitched an octave above the standard flute. |
| ~ woodwind, woodwind instrument, wood | any wind instrument other than the brass instruments. |
n. (artifact) | 2. champagne flute, flute, flute glass | a tall narrow wineglass. |
| ~ wineglass | a glass that has a stem and in which wine is served. |
n. (artifact) | 3. flute, fluting | a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column). |
| ~ groove, channel | a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record). |
v. (contact) | 4. flute | form flutes in. |
| ~ crimp, pinch | make ridges into by pinching together. |
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