flute
noun
/fluːt/
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- (colloquial) A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.
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flûte
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- (architectural element, firearms) A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.
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cannelure
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- A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.
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flûte,
flûte à champagne
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- 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, endmill, or reamer), which helps to form both a cutting edge and a channel through which chips can escape.
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dent
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flute
verb
/fluːt/
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- (transitive) To utter with a flutelike sound.
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siffler
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- (intransitive) To make a flutelike sound.
- (transitive) To form flutes or channels in (as in a column, a ruffle, etc.); to cut a semicylindrical vertical groove in (as in a pillar, etc.).
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siffler,
flûter
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- (intransitive) To play on a flute.
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flûter
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fluting
noun
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- (architecture, sculpture) A decoration consisting of parallel, normally vertical, flutes (grooves) incised into the surface.
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cannelure
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