flute
noun/fluːt/
/fluːt/
- a musical instrument of the woodwind group, like a thin pipe in shape. The player holds it to the side of his or her face and blows across a hole at one end.
- to play the flute
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- champagne flute a tall narrow glass used for drinking champagne
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French flahute, probably from Provençal flaüt, perhaps a blend of flaujol ‘flageolet’ + laüt ‘lute’.
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