flautist /flöˈtist/ or (esp US) flutist /flooˈtist/

A flute player

flute /floot/

1. A woodwind instrument, esp either of two types consisting of a wooden or metal tube with holes stopped by the fingertips or by keys, one type blown from the end through a fipple, the other (also called transverse flute) held horizontally and played by directing the breath across a mouth-hole
2. (in organ-building) a stop with stopped wooden pipes, having a flute-like tone
3. A longitudinal groove, such as on a pillar (architecture)
4. A tall, narrow wineglass
5. A shuttle in tapestry-weaving, etc

1. To play the flute
2. To make fluty sounds

1. To play or sing in soft flute-like tones
2. To form flutes or grooves in (architecture)

flutˈed adjective

Ornamented with flutes, channels or grooves

flutˈer noun

flutina /-tēˈ/ noun

A kind of accordion

flutˈing noun

1. Flute-playing or similar sounds
2. Longitudinal grooving

flutˈist noun same as flautist

flutˈy adjective

Like a flute in tone

flûte-à-bec /flüt-ä-bek/ noun (French)

A fipple flute, a recorder or flageolet

flute bird noun

An Australian bird of the family Artamidae, a type of piping crow (qv)

fluteˈmouth noun

A fish (genus Fistularia) similar to the sticklebacks

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