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Rareflutes
The correct spelling is flutes.
How to pronounce flutes
noun
IPA: /fluːts/
Say it like: Flu-tes
The correct spelling is flutes. 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 on…
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Meanings
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.
- 4.A lengthwise groove, such as one of the lengthwise grooves on a classical column, or a groove on a cutting tool (such as a drill bit, endmill, or reamer), which helps to form both a cutting edge and a channel through which chips can escape
- 5.A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.
verb
- 1.To play on a flute.
- 2.To make a flutelike sound.
- 3.To utter with a flutelike sound.
- 4.To form flutes or channels in (as in a column, a ruffle, etc.); to cut a semicylindrical vertical groove in (as in a pillar, etc.).
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