Flute /fluːt/

The meaning and definition of Flute, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun

A woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that produce sound through vibrations caused by air blown across the edge of the holes, often tuned by plugging one or more holes with a finger; the Western concert flute, a transverse side-blown flute of European origin.
A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.

verb

To play on a flute.
To make a flutelike sound.

Synonyms edge-blown aerophone Western concert flute

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