flute

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From Old French flaute

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flute (1)

Singular
flute

Plural
flutes

flute (plural flutes)

  1. (music) A woodwind instrument consisting of a metal, wood or bamboo tube with a row of circular holes and played by blowing across a hole in the side of one end or through a narrow channel at one end against a sharp edge, while covering none, some or all of the holes with the fingers to vary the note played.
  2. A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.
  3. A helical groove going up a drill bit which allows the drilled out material to come up out of the hole as it's drilled.
  4. (architecture) A semicylindrical vertical groove in a pillar.

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fluted (3) pillars

Infinitive
to flute

Third person singular
flutes

Simple past
fluted

Past participle
fluted

Present participle
fluting

to flute (third-person singular simple present flutes, present participle fluting, simple past and past participle fluted)

  1. To cut a semicylindrical vertical groove in a pillar.

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flute

  1. Alternative spelling of flûte.