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- [floot]
- /flut/
- /fluːt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [floot]
- /flut/
Definitions of flute word
- noun flute a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder. 1
- noun flute an organ stop with wide flue pipes, having a flutelike tone. 1
- noun flute Architecture, Furniture. a channel, groove, or furrow, as on the shaft of a column. 1
- noun flute any groove or furrow, as in a ruffle of cloth or on a piecrust. 1
- noun flute one of the helical grooves of a twist drill. 1
- noun flute a slender, footed wineglass of the 17th century, having a tall, conical bowl. 1
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Origin of flute
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English floute < Middle French flaüte, flahute, fleüte < Old Provençal flaüt (perhaps alteration of flaujol, flauja) < Vulgar Latin *flabeolum. See flageolet, lute1
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Parts of speech for Flute
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
flute popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
flute usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for flute
noun flute
- trench — Richard Chenevix [shen-uh-vee] /ˈʃɛn ə vi/ (Show IPA), 1807–86, English clergyman and scholar, born in Ireland.
- corrugation — a corrugating or being corrugated
- scratch — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- hollow — having a space or cavity inside; not solid; empty: a hollow sphere.
- slit — to cut apart or open along a line; make a long cut, fissure, or opening in.
verb flute
- blare — If something such as a siren or radio blares or if you blare it, it makes a loud, unpleasant noise.
- hiss — to make or emit a sharp sound like that of the letter s prolonged, as a snake does, or as steam does when forced under pressure through a small opening.
- sound — The, a strait between SW Sweden and Zealand, connecting the Kattegat and the Baltic. 87 miles (140 km) long; 3–30 miles (5–48 km) wide.
- signal — anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
- whine — to utter a low, usually nasal, complaining cry or sound, as from uneasiness, discontent, peevishness, etc.: The puppies were whining from hunger.
Antonyms for flute
noun flute
- ridge — a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains.
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