n.
Pronunciation: ' flüt
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English floute, from Anglo-French floute, fleute, from Old French flaüte, probably of imitative origin
Date: 14th century
1 a : RECORDER 3 b : a keyed woodwind instrument consisting of a cylindrical tube which is stopped at one end and which has a side hole over which air is blown to produce the tone and having a range from middle C upward for three octaves
2 : something long and slender: as a : a tall slender wineglass b : a grooved pleat (as on a hat brim)
3 : a rounded groove specifically : one of the vertical parallel grooves on a classical architectural column
– flute · like \ - ˌ l ī k \ adjective
– fluty or flut · ey \ ' flü-t ē \ adjective
flute 1b