flute

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 103376875)
    is a type of: wood, woodwind, woodwind instrument - any wind instrument other than the brass instruments
    subtypes:
    • fife - a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band
    • nose flute - a flute that is played by blowing through the nostrils (used in some Asian countries)
    • piccolo - a small flute; pitched an octave above the standard flute
    same as: transverse flute
  2. A tall narrow wineglass (synset 103377395)
    is a type of: wineglass - a glass that has a stem and in which wine is served
    same as: champagne flute, flute glass
  3. A groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column) (synset 103377201)
    is a type of: channel, groove - a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
    same as: fluting
Verb
  1. Form flutes in (synset 201460005)
    is a type of: crimp, pinch - make ridges into by pinching together

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