Flute

Definitions

1. A kind of flyboat; a storeship.
2. 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.
3. A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.
   colloquial
4. A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.
5. A lengthwise groove, such as one of the lengthwise grooves on a classical column, or a groove on a cutting tool (such as a drill bit, endmill, or reamer), which helps to form both a cutting edge and a channel through which chips can escape.
6. A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.
7. A long French bread roll, baguette.
8. An organ stop with a flute-like sound.
9. A shuttle in weaving tapestry etc.

Equivalents

Examples

“The breathing flute's ſoft notes are heard around, / And the ſhril trumpets mix⟳ their ſilver ſound; / The vaulted roofs vvith echoing muſic ring⟳, / Theſe touch⟳ the vocal ſtops, and thoſe the trembling ſtring.”

“The group played huge drums placed overhead, along with flutes and a kotolike zither.”

“After another alternation of the two elements, there is a more playful episode, in which flute and bassoon take⟳ up the first element, with swooping glissando on the ondes Martenot.”

“These are champagne glasses, says Peggy. No, I mean⟳ the tall ones, Jamie says. You're thinking of flutes, says Peggy. These are coupes.”

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