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flute
/fluːt/
noun
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.
A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.
A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.
verb
To play on a flute.
To make a flutelike sound.
To utter with a flutelike sound.
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