| Noun | 1. | flute - a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blownfife - a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band nose flute - a flute that is played by blowing through the nostrils (used in some Asian countries) piccolo - a small flute; pitched an octave above the standard flute | |
| 2. | flute - a tall narrow wineglasswineglass - a glass that has a stem and in which wine is served | |
| 3. | flute - a groove or furrow in cloth etc especially the shallow concave groove on the shaft of a columngroove, channel - a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) | |
| Verb | 1. | flute - form flutes incrimp, pinch - make ridges into by pinching together | |