flute

Definitions

• (musical instruments) 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.
• (musical instruments) A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.
• A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.
• 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, , or ), which helps to form both a cutting edge and a channel through which can escape
• (architecture) A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.
• A long French bread roll, baguette.
• An organ stop with a flute-like sound.
• A shuttle in weaving tapestry etc.