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flute

/flu(ː)t/noun, verb1 syllable

Flute means: a tall narrow wineglass.

Synonyms for flute4

noun, as in a tall narrow wineglass

flute glass, champagne flute

noun, as in 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

transverse flute

noun, as in a groove or furrow in cloth etc. (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)

What does flute mean?4

noun

1

a tall narrow wineglass

2

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

3

a groove or furrow in cloth etc. (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)

verb

1

form flutes in

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with flute?28

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Flute in a sentence

  • He can play the piano, flute, guitar and more.araneo
  • He can play the piano, the flute, the guitar, and so on.CK
  • We learn to play violin, piano, guitar and flute in music lessons.Ioan_Cristian
  • I would like to learn to play the piano, guitar or flute.sundown
  • Hearing the magic flute, everyone started to dance.maaster
  • Which did you learn to play first, the clarinet or the flute?CK
  • The piano is a chord instrument, while the flute is a monophonic instrument.jan_OkulaJu
  • I play the lyre, the guitar, and the flute.carlosalberto

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Forms of flute

as a noun

plural
flutes

as a verb

past tense
fluted
present participle
fluting
third-person singular
flutes
past participle
fluted