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- [loot]
- /lut/
- /luːt/
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- [loot]
- /lut/
Definitions of lute word
- noun lute a paving tool for spreading and smoothing concrete, consisting of a straightedge mounted transversely on a long handle. 1
- verb without object lute to play a lute. 1
- verb with object lute to spread and smooth (concrete in a pavement) with a lute. 1
- noun lute A plucked stringed instrument with a long neck bearing frets and a rounded body with a flat front that is shaped like a halved egg. 1
- noun lute music: string instrument 1
- variable noun lute A lute is a stringed instrument with a rounded body that is quite like a guitar and is played with the fingers. 0
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Origin of lute
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English < Middle French, Old French < Old Provençal laut < Arabic al ʿūd literally, the wood
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Parts of speech for Lute
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
lute popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% 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".
lute usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for lute
noun lute
- adhesive — An adhesive is a substance such as glue, which is used to make things stick firmly together.
- plaster — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- mud — wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river; mire.
- size — any of various gelatinous or glutinous preparations made from glue, starch, etc., used for filling the pores of cloth, paper, etc., or as an adhesive ground for gold leaf on books.
- gum — Often, gums. Also called gingiva. the firm, fleshy tissue covering the alveolar parts of either jaw and enveloping the necks of the teeth.
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