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flute noun

  /fluːt/
  • (colloquial) A recorder, also a woodwind instrument.
 flûte
  • (architectural element, firearms) A semicylindrical vertical groove, as in a pillar, in plaited cloth, or in a rifle barrel to cut down the weight.
 cannelure
  • A glass with a long, narrow bowl and a long stem, used for drinking wine, especially champagne.
 flûte, flûte à 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, endmill, or reamer), which helps to form both a cutting edge and a channel through which chips can escape.
 dent

flute verb

  /fluːt/
  • (transitive) To utter with a flutelike sound.
 siffler
  • (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.).
 siffler, flûter
  • (intransitive) To play on a flute.
 flûter

fluting noun

  • (architecture, sculpture) A decoration consisting of parallel, normally vertical, flutes (grooves) incised into the surface.
 cannelure
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