American English pronunciation
How to pronounce flutes
IPA transcription: [f'luts]
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Noun
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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 blown
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a tall narrow wineglass
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a groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column)
Verb
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form flutes in
Usage examples
- Generally there can be an unlimited number of fiddles, flutes, accordions and tin whistles.
- They utilized trumpets, saxes, and flutes.
- Conventional flutes are blown with the mouth, although some cultures use nose flutes.
- These flutes were highly respected for beauty of tone and form.
- Even the flutes of a Corinthian column may be enriched.
- There is use of instrumentation like flutes, cellos and violins on some albums.