flute

Word Type

v. i.

flute Meaning Definition

A musical wind instrument, consisting of a hollow cylinder or pipe, with holes along its length, stopped by the fingers or by keys which are opened by the fingers. The modern flute is closed at the upper end, and blown with the mouth at a lateral hole.

Synonyms for flute

English horn,Pandean pipe,aulos,bagpipe,bark,basset horn,basset oboe,bassoon,bawl,bellow,bezel,blare,blat,blow,blow a horn,blubber,bombard,boom,bray,breathe,bugle,buzz,cackle,canal,canalize,carillon,carve,chamfer,channel,chant,chase,chink,chirp,chisel,clarinet,clarion,contrabassoon,contrafagotto,coo,corrugate,corrugation,crack,cranny,crease,crimp,crisp,cromorne,crow,cut,dado,dike,ditch,dog-ear,doodle,double,double bassoon,double over,double reed,double-tongue,drawl,enfold,engrave,engraving,exclaim,fife,fipple flute,flageolet,flounce,fluting,fold,fold over,frill,furrow,gash,gasp,gather,goffer,gouge,groove,growl,grunt,gully,hautboy,heckelphone,hiss,hornpipe,incise,incision,infold,interfold,keen,lap over,licorice stick,lilt,lip,microgroove,mumble,murmur,musette,mutter,oaten reed,oboe,oboe da caccia,ocarina,panpipe,pant,penny-whistle,piccolo,pipe,plait,plat,pleat,plicate,plow,ply,pommer,quill,rabbet,recorder,reed,reed instrument,rifle,rifling,roar,ruck,ruff,ruffle,rumble,rut,sax,saxophone,score,scratch,scream,screech,shawm,shriek,sibilate,sigh,sing,single reed,single-reed instrument,slit,snap,snarl,snort,sob,sonorophone,sound,squall,squawk,squeal,streak,stria,striate,striation,sulcation,sulcus,sweet potato,syrinx,tabor pipe,tenoroon,thunder,tin-whistle,tongue,toot,tootle,trench,triple-tongue,trough,trumpet,tuck,turn over,twang,tweedle,twill,wail,warble,well-worn groove,whine,whisper,whistle,wind,wind the horn,woods,woodwind,woodwind choir,woodwind instrument,wrinkle,yap,yawp,yell,yelp

Synonym Search Links for flute

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