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flute(1) (iou)



flute noun1. [flu:t] ME.

A reedless woodwind instrument of cylindrical shape having holes along it stopped by fingers or keys, orig. with the mouthpiece at one end, now in the side near one end. ME.
English flute a recorder. nose-flute: see NOSE noun. transverse flute: see TRANSVERSE adjective. whistle and flute: see WHISTLE noun 1c.
b. A player of this instrument. M16.
An organ-stop similar in tone to this instrument. Also flute-stop. E17.
A tall slender wineglass used esp. for sparkling wine. M17.
A semicylindrical (longitudinal) groove: spec. (Architecture) in a column. M17.
flutelike adjective resembling (that of) a flute E18.
flutenist noun = flutist M17-E18.
flutist noun a flute player (cf. FLAUTIST) E17.