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flute

/fluːt/
noun
  1. 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.

  2. A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.

  3. A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.

Synonymsedge-blown aerophone, Western concert flute
verb
  1. To play on a flute.

  2. To make a flutelike sound.

  3. To utter with a flutelike sound.

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